The Mifos User Manual is a core piece of documentation to assist users in properly configuring and using the Mifos software on a day to day basis. Functionality in Mifos 2.3 (Margaret H), shipping in March 2012 needs to be reflected in the user manual which is currently only up to date with our Mifos 2.2 release. Significant new functionality including user-based locales, automated penalties, mobile-optimized pages, month-end closing, clearing overpayments, and importing data via Excel have been added. We're seeking a volunteer with strong documentation/tech writing skills to update the User Manual to provide coverage of latest functionality. Our user manual is now easily maintained and updated in a convenient online tool, FLOSS Manuals.
Please email documentation@openmf.org if you are interested in helping on this project.
Ed Cable and Bharathi Ram
We want this to be you!
1-3 hours per specific functionality
The Mifos User Manual needs new sections written and current sections adjusted to properly document how to use and each of the new features. .
Documentation will be drafted based on the functional specifications which provide a detailed overview of various use cases of how the feature is used. Volunteer will write the following, based on the functional specifications:
- Short overview of each feature
- Update or expand current section in user manual with step by step instructions.
User documentation will be written according to our style guidelines in FLOSS Manuals and will include relevant product screenshots.
Each of the tasks above has the specific processes that must be documented for each new feature.