Designing and Managing Public Health Information Systems: 8 Steps to Success is an 8-week course intended for public health practitioners who are or will be working on informatics or information system projects.  This course explores the Information Technology Lifecycle (also called the IT Lifecycle, Software Development Lifecycle, Systems Development Lifecycle or SDLC) to help you understand how public health programs must work together with system developers to create information systems that effectively support the work of public health.