Table of Contents
A Main goal of Sahana Phase 3 is to publish a CACM paper. Prof. Louiqa Raschid is leading in this matter and several contributors to the Sahana project would author the paper.
Draft Outline
TITLE
Sahana: Applying FOSS to Disaster Management Coordination Applying FOSS Principles? Methodology? Practices? Management Coordination sounds strange? Also let's focus on the software? “Disaster Management Software”?
Sahana: Applying FOSS XXX to Disaster Management Software
AUTHORS?
INTRODUCTION
- Motivation (tsunami)
- Background (lack of MIS, ICT solutions)
- Contributions
- Lessons Learned
FOSS AND HUMANITARIAN APPLICATIONS
- What is unique about FOSS / cathedral, bazaar)model
- What is unique about humanitarian applications.
- Humanitarian FOSS and Sahana - why this is a perfect fit.
THE ANATOMY OF SAHANA
- FOSS enabling Framework - figure and text
- Elicit requirements from the community
- Functional Modules (Phases 1-3) - figure and text
- Customization, Extensibility - figure and text
- Schema and meta data
For each subsection try to
- Identify the need or challenges.
- Describe the methodology or solution.
- Discuss strengths / unique features of the Sahana solution.
SAHANA CASE STUDY
- Personnel and organizations involved in codebase
- Phases and releases
- Deployments
- Satellite organizations and activities
DEVELOPMENT PHILOSOPHY AND TECHNICAL CHALLENGES
Development Philosophy
- FOSS alignment for Disaster Management Systems
- Software development process
- Automate configuration, reusability
- Integration of Multiple Technologies (CRM, ERP, Logistics)
Current Technical Challenges
- Data synchronization
- Global IDs
Future Technical Challenges
- Interoperability
- Security
- Privacy
LESSONS LEARNED AND CONCLUSIONS
Candidate figures to include
- framework (onion) figure
- architecture figure with Sahana modules
- screen shots
- deployment
