Top 3 Strategic Priorities for Community Engagement

To 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 Priorities

Status 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 priorities

We 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.

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

Product Dashboard

Community Engagement Dashboard

Healthy

Strategy + Operations Team

• “Unpack” how to engage with and contribute to OpenMRS

• Create pathways for organizations to  engage with the community & achieve their technical goals

OpenMRS Partner Model & Guide

In Progress

2: Targeted, meaningful engagement

We aim to spur contributions and collaboration through targeted, meaningful engagement and communication.

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

Getting started

3: Bolster community and country technical capacity

We aim to expand access to opportunities and resources that will grow the technical capacity of countries, OpenMRS partners, and community members.

Access to Standard OpenMRS Training Material

Publish and support expansion of OpenMRS Academies

Packaging OpenMRS Fundamentals Academy

COMPLETE

Professional Development Management Team

Jembi

OpenMRS Training Resource Library

COMPLETE

Professional Development Management Team

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

UCSF-TAP   ICAP-ETH  PHIS 3