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Policies, Master Plans and a Rolling Strategic Plan in Effective Implementation of ICT Infrastructure and Services: Case Study of the Open University of Tanzania
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PCF5: Cross-Cutting Theme // Information and Communication technologies (ICT) is a strategic resource for higher education
and its development must be made purposefully to achieve the stated University mission
Implementation of Information and communication Technology (ICT) infrastructure and services is
among the major challenges faced by the Universities in developing countries today. Among the
critical issues is the necessity to have in place an ICT policy plan which is fully aligned with the
University Rolling Strategic Plan RSP). This alignment helps senior management to be consistent
and more focused in the implementation. Furthermore, it promotes awareness and the necessity
to modernize its ICT resources that enable the University to face the twenty first century realities
at a better footing. It is also necessary to create a long-term vision of the university information
system architecture to prevent event-driven actions, isolated un-interoperable systems and
redundant computing and data resources throughout the University. This is achieved through the
interpretation of the ICT Policy Plan into an ICT Action Plan—an ICT Master Plan, which in turn
provides a detailed specification of priority projects and the associated allocation of resources
over a period of agreed number of years. The long term vision should be based on the
organisation analysis, ICT analysis and corporate strategic plan. //
This paper intends to highlight and share with other educational institutions in the developing
world on how the ICT Policy, Master Plan and RSP have helped The Open University of Tanzania
to successfully develop, implement and use its ICT infrastructure and services. // Paper ID 434
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Tanzania
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Africa
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2008
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Commonwealth of Learning (COL)