I think this question has been asked before but I cannot find it. I apologize in advance if it has happened. I would like to know if somebody have used DHIS2 in development projects (agricultural, emergency assistance, food security, etc.). If yes, could you be so kind to share how your experience have been in this regard, how well does your projects fits into this system, what challenges have you faced, and main advantages that you found.
I am about to test this software, and I will be glad to share my experience as well, but I guess it will take me some weeks to document my experience. But meanwhile it would be great to have at least some quick information from your experience.
Thanks a lot!
Alvaro
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Hi Alvaro,
I have been involved in two projects (maybe three ) where DHIS2 was used outside of the typical health arena. One you mention, namely food security. There were some challenges here due to the use of a lot of financial data, which did not always fit very well with the dimensional model of DHIS2. It can work, but was not always an easy fit. We have also used DHIS2 for water and sanitation, and owing to the somewhat similar domain as health, was a much easier fit.
The third (perhaps rather extreme) use of DHIS2 which I know if personally, is for recording of golf scores and subsequent calculation of handicaps. Again, not an easy fit, but it can work. Just to demonstrate the flexibility of the platform, when applied with enough gusto.
I think this question has been asked before but I cannot find it. I apologize in advance if it has happened. I would like to know if somebody have used DHIS2 in development projects (agricultural, emergency assistance, food security, etc.). If yes, could you be so kind to share how your experience have been in this regard, how well does your projects fits into this system, what challenges have you faced, and main advantages that you found.
I am about to test this software, and I will be glad to share my experience as well, but I guess it will take me some weeks to document my experience. But meanwhile it would be great to have at least some quick information from your experience.
Thanks a lot!
Alvaro
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‘In times of change, learners inherit the earth, while the learned find themselves beautifully equipped to deal with a world that no longer exists’ ~Eric Hoffer
it helps me to take the decision to invest some time in
experimenting with the system. I will be glad to share my
experiences in the future.
Kindly,
Alvaro
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On 11/12/2013 12:13 PM, Jason Pickering
wrote:
Hi Alvaro,
I have been involved in two projects (maybe three ) where
DHIS2 was used outside of the typical health arena. One you
mention, namely food security. There were some challenges here
due to the use of a lot of financial data, which did not
always fit very well with the dimensional model of DHIS2. It
can work, but was not always an easy fit. We have also used
DHIS2 for water and sanitation, and owing to the somewhat
similar domain as health, was a much easier fit.
The third (perhaps rather extreme) use of DHIS2 which I
know if personally, is for recording of golf scores and
subsequent calculation of handicaps. Again, not an easy fit,
but it can work. Just to demonstrate the flexibility of the
platform, when applied with enough gusto.
I think this question has been asked before but I cannot
find it. I apologize in advance if it has happened. I would
like to know if somebody have used DHIS2 in development
projects (agricultural, emergency assistance, food security,
etc.). If yes, could you be so kind to share how your
experience have been in this regard, how well does your
projects fits into this system, what challenges have you
faced, and main advantages that you found.
I am about to test this software, and I will be glad to
share my experience as well, but I guess it will take me
some weeks to document my experience. But meanwhile it would
be great to have at least some quick information from your
experience.
Thanks a lot!
Alvaro
--
'In times of change, learners inherit the earth, while
the learned find themselves beautifully equipped to deal
with a world that no longer exists’ ~Eric Hoffer
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