Glossary

TERM/WORD

MEANING 

AoMRC -Academy of Royal Medical Colleges

The body that speaks on standards of care and medical education across the UK

ARCP - Annual Review of Competence Progression

Provides an assessment of a trainee's suitability to progress to their next stage of training or to complete their training program. The process is undertaken annually.

Backlog

The list of everything that could be done by the project team if time was not a factor

Blocker

Something that prevents one or more stories being completed. It is the job of the scrum master to help remove these blockers

Burndown

A chart that shows the amount of effort or number of stories that are in the backlog and how they are being completed over time

CCT - Certificate of Completion of Training

A CCT confirms that a doctor has completed an approved (see the table below) training programme in the UK and is eligible for entry onto the GP Register or the Specialist Register.

Confluence

The web portal where we store all the project information that supports the backlog - linked to Jira

Deanery

There were 13 deaneries across England, responsible for postgraduate medical training

Digital Marketplace

The revised name of the G-Cloud store in which the public sector can commission suppliers to work on digital projects by the Digital Services Framework

Discover

The first phase of a project approach (before alpha)

Doctor's Revalidation

The process by which licensed doctors are required to demonstrate on a regular basis that they are up to date and fit to practice

Empower

Name of service provision provided by Northgate to London LETB until 2015

Epic

The highest level of requirement in the backlog

ePortfolio

An integral part of a trainee's education and professional development

ESR - NHS electronic staff record

The HR and payroll database used across the NHS

In house service

To produce a service or system internally rather than from an external source

Integrated Assurance Approval

The planning, co-ordination and provision of assurance activities and approval points through the lifecycle of the trainee information management system

Inter-deanery transfer

A process in place to help trainees that need to move area due to unforeseen circumstances

Intrepid

Name of current provision provided across all LETBs provided by Hicom

Jira

The web portal where we store the backlog, run the sprints and communicate on progress

LETBs - Local education training boards

In 2013 the deaneries transferred across to Local Education Training Boards following the enactment of Health and Social Care

Not directly commissioned

The term used to describe training posts that are not managed and where there is no direct relationship with HEE and are predominantly trust based; this may include undergraduate trainees, nursing and midwifery

Royal College

A professional body responsible for development and training in one or more specialities

Scrum Master

A member of the team who facilitates the activities so that the sprint can complete. Also monitors and reports on progress to the wider stakeholders

SIAM - System Integration and Management

Allows an organisation to manage different service providers in a consistent and effective manner across a portfolio of multi-sourced goods

Sprint 

The short period of activity in which the committed team complete the tasks that they have agreed to complete

Sprint Planning

The meeting at the start of each spring where all the committed team agree what tasks/stories should be brought into that sprint

Standup

The daily meeting at which all committed team members update the team on their progress 

Story

The user story that describes a requirement in the form of a user e.g. as a user... I want to… so that I can….

Streamlining Staff Movements

A collaboration between NHS employers, skills for health and London HR and Workforce Directors which aims to reduce the time and expenditure involved in recruiting and training staff, as well as in the changeover of junior doctors

Velocity

The term used to describe measuring the progress of a sprint