Some areas volunteers could contribute to

These are some areas that volunteers could make significant contributions to Project Buendia.

There's likely quite a bit to learn before tackling some of these, and we have some more work to do to plan out some of the features, ideas and tasks in more detail. We must also prioritise this list based on what we learn about what's needed in the field.

Hopefully this gives you a good idea of where you might be able to contribute!

Core tasks

These are some things that the core team will be working on that could benefit from more contributors working on them:

DevOps and SysOps

Set up and configuration of Intel Edison micro-servers - see Setting up an Edison
Code testing (unit testing, integration testing, performance / load testing) - see Testing
Field-ready hardware kit preparation - servers, wi-fi, power, etc. - see Upon Receiving Your Gear
Server hardware testing

Supporting the software engineer process

User documentation
Code documentation - see Getting Started
System testing / bug hunter (testing the application manually as if you were a user, trying to break it + documenting what goes wrong + approving that a feature is done and works as needed) - see Testing

Front-end Development

Web graphing e.g. using SVG in Webview on Android
Web view widgets, UI, information visualisation, dashboards, etc. (HTML, Javascript, Pebble templates, Java on Android)
Meds and Orders - developing efficient interfaces for prescribing and administration of Orders (Medications, Treatments, etc.) - see Meds and Orders Implementation Notes

Back-end Development

Server-server Sync (Debian / MySql / Tomcat / OpenMRS) - see Client Sync
Development of Buendia OpenMRS module

Added value tasks

These are tasks where volunteers could take on a small independent feature or piece of functionality to develop:

Design

Logo design

Development

RFID on Android - see RFID Patient Identification notes
Thumbprint identification (probably as a separate app)
Integrating patient photos
Building clinical diagnosis tools and widgets e.g. Keith-Edwards (Tuberculosis clinical diagnostic scorecard - maybe using ODK + xforms or webview, HTML, javascript)
Auxiliary applications - calculators, timers, etc.
Focused purpose applications e.g. just for inputting test results
Visualisation and mapping of aggregated data (programme-level) - either directly from an OpenMRS database or from a CSV export
Web portal to navigate and visualise aggregate data (field-level - project-level) - for Medical Team Leader [MTL] to analyse
Internationalising (setting up internationalisation framework, converting all strings to translatable strings) - see Internationalization
Building Paediatric Early Warning Score (PEWS) system

DevOps

Test server sync speed with photos included

Non-technical

Translating the app into French, possibly other languages too

Some longer term ideas

These would be suitable for someone wanting to take on a longer-term piece of work to contribute to the project and help advance medical humanitarian care in a big way (quite possibly with applications beyond Project Buendia):

Infrared cameras and automatic pulse identification
Fuzzy matching for geography
Statistical analysis of aggregate data to understand different types of malnutrition
Research IoT (Internet of Things) connected devices to automatically monitor key vital signs in medical humanitarian settings - e.g. networked PulseOx - with alarm to ring when child is deteriorating

Also see: