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Post deployment planning is a critical part of any software implementation. We We advise financial institution’s institutions to review the checklists on the pages below to prepare for production activity. All All items should be documented, tested, and put into place as soon as possible.For examples of documents from specific deployments, see the deployment project pages.
Overall System Administration and Maintenance
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- Bandwidth considerations: Monitor Monitor the bandwidth volume for the first month. Is Is the bandwidth contract sufficient?
- Data center and access:
- Do you need to account for both local and remote access?
- Are instructions for accessing remotely documented?
- Who should have access to the data center, and do they have the necessary permissions/clearances?
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See our System Administration Documentation for tips on monitoring and logging.
- What Which areas will be monitored?
- How will they be monitored?
- What will this information be used for?
- What tools are necessary?
- Who will be responsible for these tasks?
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What are the criteria for determining when to upgrade hardware, etc. What is the process for upgrading server hardware and software?
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- Training new employees on Mifos. What will the process be? How will this work?
- Identify ongoing training needs for existing employees and ensure those needs are met.
- Identify and implement measures for evaluating training success and gaps in training
- Documenting how Mifos fits in with all operations within the financial institution outside of the IT team
Mifos upgrades and bug fixes
See our general upgrade instructions and our wiki for version-specific upgrade instructions.
- Determining whether upgrades or bug fixes are required:
- What criteria will your organization use for determining this to ensure that it is minimally disruptive to the organization, but still gaining benefit of upgrades/bug fixes when necessary?
- Upgrade process /bug-fix process:
- Who will be responsible for making sure that this is executed successfully at your organization?
- What will the process be?
- What type of test hardware is required to do acceptance testing on an upgrade/bug-fix?
- What kind of user acceptance testing and training will be done for upgrades?
- Hiring/staffing to support this function
- Documentation
Determining future needs in Mifos product
Bug fixes
- Process for communicating bug fix needs to the Mifos community
- Process for having bug fixes made
New features and enhancements
- Process for requesting new features
- Process for working with Mifos community to have new features built
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- Process for determining requirements for new reports <TO UPDATE>
- Process for having new reports added into Mifos
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