Community Engagement Dashboard: Vision, Direction, & Projects
Our Vision for Community Engagement
We envision an engaged, coordinated community where members are invested in professional growth and client-driven solutions
We work to foster a diverse, inclusive environment where community members can easily consume, champion, and/or collaborate on initiatives, solutions, and topics that benefit country-level, OpenMRS implementations.
Top 3 Strategic Priorities for Community EngagementTo achieve this vision, we need Strategic Priorities that will guide us over the next 5 years and set us in the right direction. Our top 3 Strategic Directions are: |
Projects Underway to Support Strategic PrioritiesStatus Legend RED = Progressing slowly; large need for additional support (in-kind, funded, etc) YELLOW = Progress will accelerate if specific needs are addressed. GREEN = Project has good support; progressing at a good pace. More resources always welcome. |
1: Visible pathways to partner and contribute to community prioritiesWe aim to 1) deliver greater visibility into community direction and how they relate to trends in the ecosystem, and 2) make it easy to contribute and collaborate to the initiatives with the most meaning for contributors and impact for our clients. | ||||
| Initiative | About | Projects | Status | Team/Squad |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Investment & Coordination | A framework for linking community direction and initiatives to strategic priorities in the ecosystem, serving as an investment roadmap for key stakeholders | Country and Community Strategic Priorities Connection | HEALTHY | Strategy + Operations Team |
Easy Contribution & Collaboration | Publish dashboards that highlight current opportunities for individuals and organizations to contribute to technical and non-technical projects | HEALTHY | Strategy + Operations Team | |
| OpenMRS Partner Model & Guide | IN PROGRESS | ||
2: Targeted, meaningful engagementWe aim to spur contributions and collaboration through targeted, meaningful engagement and communication. | ||||
| Initiative | About | Projects | Status | Team/Squad |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Recognizing Opportunity and Achievement | Amplify solutions, achievements, and events happening in the community | Community Meetings (OMRS23, Mini-meetings, etc) | ONGOING | Global Events Team |
| Expand Recognition Program | NEEDS TLC | |||
Onboarding and Retention | Attract and retain individual contributors | OpenMRS for Newcomers Webinar | IN PROGRESS | Global Events Team |
Publish a series of guides to onboard and steer new or existing contributors and supporting organizations | OpenMRS Flight Paths Guide for the New & Curious Improved Project Page Template Getting Started Guides | COMPLETE COMPLETE COMPLETE GAPS | Documentation Team | |
| Engage & recognize organizations to address critical community talent gaps | Profiles in Partnership | |||
3: Bolster community and country technical capacityWe aim to expand access to opportunities and resources that will grow the technical capacity of countries, OpenMRS partners, and community members. | ||||
| Initiative | About | Projects | Status | Team/Squad & Orgs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Access to Standard OpenMRS Training Material | Publish and support expansion of OpenMRS Academies | Packaging OpenMRS Fundamentals Academy | COMPLETE | |
| OpenMRS Training Resource Library | COMPLETE | |||
| Developing OpenMRS 3.0 | OHRI Developers Track | COMPLETE | Professional Development Management Team UCSF (TAP) UW-DIGI (TAP) | ||
| Developing OpenMRS 3 | OHRI Implementers Track | GAPS | Professional Development Management Team UW-DIGI, ICAP-Eth | ||
| OpenMRS Academy Certification | Not Started | Professional Development Management Team | ||
Filling the Contributor Pipeline | Create professional growth, leading to movement in our pipeline of mid-level contributors | OpenMRS Fellowship Program | GAPS | Fellowship Management Team |
| Google Summer of Code 2023 | HEALTHY | GSOC Admin Team | ||
| Expanding Competency-Based OpenMRS Stages for Professional Development | GAPS | Fellowship Management Team | ||
Supporting country-level OpenMRS | OHRI Developer & Implementer Tracks (Hackathons) | COMPLETE 2022: Kenya, Ethiopia HEALTHY 2023: Ethiopia, Nigeria | Global Events Team, Dev/4s, Dev/5s | ||