A shared online services platform for the development sector

Thomas Bjelkeman-Pettersson
Co-founder, technical director
Akvo Foundation
@bjelkeman

Online services explosion

Exciting developments

Data collect

Data collect Peer review

Data collect Peer review Engage volunteers

Data collect Peer review Engage volunteers Milestone reporting

Data collect Peer review Engage volunteers Milestone reporting Mapping

Data collect Peer review Engage volunteers Milestone reporting Mapping Expert system

Data collect Peer review Engage volunteers Milestone reporting Mapping Expert system SMS services

Data collect Peer review Engage volunteers Milestone reporting Mapping Expert system SMS services Project reporting

Data collect Peer review Engage volunteers Milestone reporting Mapping Expert system SMS services Project reporting ?

This presents new challenges new challenges

An online service which isn’t loved daily is dead in the water is dead in the water

“ The cost of building software pales in comparison to the cost of maintaining, enhancing, and supporting it.” Fred Wilson, Partner Union Square Ventures Disqus, Foursquare,Twitter, Zynga

Increasing complexity

Is there a better way to do this? to do this?

[removed picture] Barnraising

How could this work?

Wiki Blog CMS Project reporting API SMS service RSS Donations Widgets Updates Projects Maps Admin XML Typical website

Wiki Blog CMS Project reporting API SMS service RSS Donations Widgets Updates Projects Maps Admin XML Expert system

Wiki Blog CMS Project reporting API SMS service RSS Donations Widgets Updates Projects Maps Admin XML Expert system Data collect ? Data collect Peer review Engage volunteers Milestone reporting Mapping Expert system SMS services Project reporting

Wiki Blog CMS ? Data collect Peer review Engage volunteers Milestone reporting Mapping Expert system SMS services Project reporting Project reporting API SMS service RSS Donations Widgets Updates Projects Maps Admin XML Expert system Data collect

Wiki Blog CMS Expert system Data collect Project reporting API SMS service RSS Donations Widgets Updates Projects Maps Admin XML ? Data collect Peer review Engage volunteers Milestone reporting Mapping Expert system SMS services Project reporting

Common services

? Data collect Peer review Engage volunteers Milestone reporting Mapping Expert system SMS services Project reporting

“App Store” for the development sector

Thin services layer

Authentication ? Data collect Peer review Engage volunteers Milestone reporting Mapping Expert system SMS services Project reporting

Billing / Access Authentication ? Data collect Peer review Engage volunteers Milestone reporting Mapping Expert system SMS services Project reporting

Data interchange services Billing / Access Authentication ? Data collect Peer review Engage volunteers Milestone reporting Mapping Expert system SMS services Project reporting

People layer

Data interchange services Billing / Access Authentication Shared development practices ? Data collect Peer review Engage volunteers Milestone reporting Mapping Expert system SMS services Project reporting

Data interchange services Billing / Access Authentication Shared development practices Joint development skills network ? Data collect Peer review Engage volunteers Milestone reporting Mapping Expert system SMS services Project reporting

Data interchange services Billing / Access Authentication Shared development practices Joint development skills network Joint promotion ? Data collect Peer review Engage volunteers Milestone reporting Mapping Expert system SMS services Project reporting

Open source Open data access “Migratable” cloud services “Migratable” cloud services “Migratable” cloud services

People Applications Data Data Data

A shared online services platform for the development sector

Data interchange services Billing / Access Authentication Shared development practices Joint development skills network Joint promotion ? Data collect Peer review Engage volunteers Milestone reporting Mapping Expert system SMS services Project reporting

And then they lived happily ever after

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A shared online services platform for the development sector

by bjelkeman on Feb 16, 2011

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