NOT ACTIVE Concept In Development: Community Teams

Across the project, we have a tremendous amount of work to achieve in both product and community development. It is far too much work for one individual and far too broad for the entire community to focus on. By spreading work across the teams, our grander vision can be achieved as we tackle more approachable tasks to grow the community.

Teams also foster a sense of belonging and a stronger commitment to the project. As we bring together individuals with a shared interest to focus on the various core areas of the project, we also provide an easy way for new contributors to select how they get involved. Working with others sharing the same passion, their sense of belonging, accountability, and in turn their overall participation will grow. Teams are a fundamental ingredient to any community and are key to the long term sustainability of ours.

Below we've listed out the various teams, their responsibility, the team lead(s) and when they meet. Click through to each team to see individual members, their current priorities, how to get involved and a status update on recent work.

Product Development

Team	Overview	Leader
Release Management & QA	Shipping timely releases of high quality, maintaining code repository, overseeing incoming contributions from community.	Core Dev Team
Reporting	Ensuring Mifos delivers flexible and robust business intelligence for MFIs large and small	johnwoodlock (Unlicensed)d Cable
Accounting	Providing solutions to address basic and advanced financial reporting and cash management alongside Mifos	Core Dev Team
Community App	The standard user interface that ships with Mifos X - an AngularJS app which provides support for the most commonly used financial inclusion models	Core Dev Team
External Apps	Solutions to provide ways to interact and connect Mifos with front and back office as well as external networks (offline, mobile, credit bureaus, data migration)	Mifos Team
Installation and Hosting	Increasing of implementing and maintaining Mifos in on-site and hosted environments (Installers, Cloud, etc.)	Mifos Team
Architecture/Platform	Moving Mifos towards a modular platform architecture that enable wide extensibility and ease of contribution.	M Geiss
Product Management	Collecting user input and coordinating requirements across teams, publishing roadmap, managing release	Mifos Team

Community Development

Team	Overview	Leader
Infrastructure	Building out and maintaining the processes and tools for community-wide collaboration and communication
Documentation	Identifying and maintaining technical and non-technical documentation and training to support the community.
Support	Improving self-support mechanisms like MifosConnect powered by AnswerHub while building and strengthening local support channel.
Outreach	Building overall brand awareness of Mifos providing marketing support to local distribution channel, and ensuring open and active updates and communication across the community.	D Harp/E Cable
Volunteer Management	Assisting the other COSM teams with workforce management, including helping them to recruit, retain, and recognize a community of volunteers worldwide.	E Cable
Fundraising	Growing community philanthropic revenue streams through online giving and institutional, individual, and corporate grant donations.	D Harp