Implementers - August 13 2019

Owned by Wesley Brown
Last updated: Aug 20, 2019

Call Information

  • 01:00 PDT - Seattle
  • 04:00 EDT - New York, DC
  • 10:00 CAT - Zambia/Malawi (UTC+2)
  • 11:00 EAT - Tanzania/Kenya (UTC+3)


Last Meeting Notes: PC: June 19 2018

AGENDA

Item

Lead (Time)

Notes and Updates

Software Development Update

Roadmap: Living Product Roadmap 

Current sprint: Backlog Grooming Sprint 130

Upcoming sprint: Backlog Grooming Sprint 131

Version 3.7: 

Team stats: https://openlmis.atlassian.net/secure/Dashboard.jspa?selectPageId=12504

Velocity: 

Wesley Brown, Sebastian Brudziński(5 min)

Living Product Roadmap Updated

Version 3.7 Update

  • Development budget reduced - this affects the work that can be delivered
  • Admin messages feature is complete
  • Working on updating of Orderables
    • Already able to edit orderables via REST
    • Requisitions and Fulfillment services updated to "understand" the orderable version change
    • Edits via the UI are underway - mostly done
    • Client-side caching may not be completed in the 3.7 timeframe
Implementation IntroductionsWesley Brown (10 min)Quick introductions of the implementations on the call on the people representing them.
Study ToursRebecca Alban (Unlicensed) (5 min)

For general Study Tour information http://openlmis.org/study-tours/

  • Goal: to help countries willing to/interested in implementing OpenLMIS - eg. by visting a country that has already implemented OpenLMIS
  • Countries can apply for funding by filling in the application available via the link above
OpenLMIS Community MeetingRebecca Alban (Unlicensed)
  • Planned for November 2019 in Johannesburg (around same time & place that GHSCS)
    • OLMIS Community Meeting - Nov 18-20 (Monday-Wednesday)
    • GHSCS - Nov 20-22 (Wednesday-Friday)
    • More info to follow
OpenLMIS in Emergency ContextsWesley Brown (15 min)

We are looking for feedback on on this Discourse post by Josh: https://forum.openlmis.org/t/brainstorming-openlmis-in-disaster-crisis-conflict-contexts/5227

  • Context: OpenLMIS could be well-suited for emergency situations
  • Would need to work on making it easier to configure (a few days max, rather than several weeks)
  • Matt: some organizations are interested in tools for such contexts
  • Gaurav: Reach out to MSF, Save the Children, UNHCR
  • Dercio: in Moz this was needed to track stock levels at facilities and to track expiration dates, especially with a lot of foreign aid coming to the country; must be easy to deploy
  • Community input very appreciated in the topic above
Ways to filter Sources for Stock MovementsBen Leibert (Unlicensed) (5 min)

More info at: https://forum.openlmis.org/t/specification-of-stock-sources-and-destinations/5258

  • Currently: Stock management allows to move stock or receive stock from another facility
    • Requires configuration: sources, destinations, organizations
  • What is needed: limit the list of sources/destinations by geographic zone (same geo zone that the facility is in)
  • Might need even more ways to filter sources/destination
  • In Moz limiting by geo zones usually makes sense
    • There are rare cases where facility may need to receive/issue from another district (eg. because it's closer than a facility from the same district)
  • Could introduce machine learning to "prioritize" or manage the order of the facilities in the dropdown by what's most often selected (automatically)

3.7 Feature Priorities

Wesley Brown (5 min)

New Page for Feature Backlog: Feature Backlog

Potential 3.7 Feature and Priorities: 3.7 Scope Planning

This will be updated to only include those features scheduled for 3.7

Please fill out the ranking poll here: http://www.polljunkie.com/poll/wakcoc/openlmis-37-feature-priorities

Next PC meeting: Topic ideas??


Implementation/Partner Update, Feature Priorities

  • Worth talking more about where each implementation stands
  • Discussing plans for upgrade - Rebecca can showcase new toolkit docs
  • Would the PC be a right place to invite interested countries to ask some questions about OpenLMIS? (pre-study tour)
    • Could show how community supports OpenLMIS implementations
  • Dercio to talk about Angola implementation

Additional Requests and Information:



ATTENDANCE: 

Alpha Nsaghurwe, Ben Leibert, Douglas Khumalo (Unlicensed), Dércio Duvane, Felimone Amone Junior, Gaurav Bhattacharya (Unlicensed), Matthew Kumbuyo (Deactivated), Rebecca Alban (Unlicensed), Sebastian Brudziński, Wesley Brown

RECORDING:

ADDITIONAL READING:

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