Become a Mifos Specialist

Process

<being added - involves more steps including an submitting profile, application, etc.>

What We're Looking For

These are the ideal criteria we look for in an organization seeking to become a Mifos Specialist.

Organization

Specialists interested in providing implementation and/or support services for on-site or cloud-based implementations of Mifos should possess strong project management and experience implementing server-based business systems.  Experience can be in any sector or vertical but knowledge and experience of microfinance and its business processes is preferred.

Solid Business Track Record (profitability, revenues, growth)

  • 5-7 years in business (ideal; we would settle for less)
  • Actual revenue with year-over-year growth in revenue (not sure about amount of revenue)
  • Profitable (the revenue needs to at least cover the cost of the full team and result in a profit)
  • Customer count and references – presumably, if they have been business 5 to 7 years, they should have 10 to 15 customers most of which should be references.

Current Business Plan

They should be able to articulate (written document or slide presentation) their business plan for the next 2 to 3 years.

  • Customer focus
  • Product focus
  • Revenue growth
  • Team and skills development

Experienced Management Team

They should have full team:

  • CEO / executive leader
  • Sales leader / sales person
  • Operations and accounting person
  • Technical staff
  • Code development
  • Server admin
  • Installation / configuration
  • Support

Ability to Scale

They should have the team cycles to handle new Mifos clients.

Solid Business Reputation

Positive References (provide 3 references from past work)

If they have been business 5 to 7 years, they should have 10 to 15 customers most of which should be references. We should be able to interview these references.

Commitment & Social Mission Alignment

  • Participation in community-driven model
  • Open to sharing knowledge, vigilance about documentation, high independence, sharing contributions with community, willingness to seek out solutions independently
  • Willingness to invest (financially, resources)      
  • Willingness to work within the Mifos Approach (sales, deployment, support approach)   
  • Willingness to be measured (audit, customer feedback)     
  • Interest in the social cause        
  • Ability to advance our the mission of Grameen Foundation and our shared vision of 3 Billion Maries

 

Experience

  • IT Strategy & Planning        
  • Program Management (project management and process re-engineering)   
  • Application Implementation Services (gap analysis, application configuration/customization, data migration, user acceptance testing, training, deployment )  
  • Reporting and Analytic Services (data analysis and mining, report writing )   
  • Impact Assessment (measurement and benchmarking)     
  • Development and Integration (ie. application development, Java experience, open source / application integration)   
  • Maintenance & Support (Infrastructure set up, IT support)    
     

Additional Details on Personnel

  • Strong sales and marketing (abilities in consultative selling, generation of leads)  
  • Strong consultants (abilities in project management, client management, process consultation-with domain expertise in banking/fin services)   
  • Strong developers (abilities in customization, integration, application development (java), open source experience)  
  • Strong management (abilities in planning, operations, client management)    
  • Strong support (abilities in problem resolution, IT support, customer satisfaction )