Interconnectedness
Step number one – take two parts of tried and tested rapid software development tools from your software development partner, Toronto based Fieldworker Mobile Solutions, add a healthy dose of your own software development and mix thoroughly with an knowing eye on how humanitarian projects should run …. bake in the oven .. and serve on an Intermec hand-held devise .. and there you have LMMS 2.0. Ok .. not quite as simple but yes, we’re still working hard at delivering this fab innovation.
The Alpha version of LMMS 2.0 is scheduled for released December 7th (.. actually it was the 4th, but Benny – our super dooper developer fiend defines close of business on Friday … as Monday instead .. who can argue?) What’s new in the app .. a redefined web application that enables humanitarian workers to set up and manage projects and system-users online, new look-and-feel to the web based reports that aid workers love, an intuitive and easy to use commodity management system … and mobile applications that let us run General Feeding, Targeted Feeding and Food-For-Work projects in remote, off the grid locales!!!! Oh joy.
For people wondering what’s the diff between a General Feeding and a Targeted Feeding program, I’ll write up a short brief on each of these major food aid programs as soon as I can for you and will update this post – but you can read the April 28th entry for a peek at what Targeted Feeding entails.
This entry is a quick update to where we are in LMMS 2.0′s release .. I also want to take the opportunity to let you know that interconnectedness is vital to our planning for LMMS. We’re delivering a solution for humanitarian agencies that empower aid workers through mobile technologies. Step’s four and five that are to come will entail connecting the dots – taking donors on a journey to actual work on the ground. All of that requires a technology backbone … the LMMS team have a few things up their sleeves on building the connectivity parts .. but the following support by Cisco to aid agencies is great to see – and shows how the LMMS application can link back into the global world wide web.