[kictanet] Day 5 : Ensuring Effective Implementation of the Laptop Project - The Key Variables (Day 5:Wrap up and Way Forward (Key declarations, what next)

[Warigia Bowman]

Hi Barrack. Did you see my contribution?


On Fri, Jun 14, 2013 at 9:54 AM, Barrack Otieno <otieno.barrack at gmail.com>wrote:

> Thanks, Edith, Ali and Victor, for raising critical issues. Another soft
> issue arose in todays newspaper that might need our consideration as well
> http://www.standardmedia.co.ke/?articleID=2000085946&story_title=teachers-vow-to-thwart-state-laptops-scheme
> .
>
> Best Regards
>
>
> On Fri, Jun 14, 2013 at 9:27 AM, Victor Gathara <vgathara at vimak.co.ke>wrote:
>
>> Barack,
>>
>> I think its fair to say that most IT projects that fail really do so as a
>> result of project management failure so a strong project (or programme?)
>> management function needs to be built into this project.
>>
>> As an example there is the question of quality assurance. How will we
>> ensure that the project delivers a quality 'product'? Also how will success
>> (or failure) of the project will be measured? I think its important that an
>> objective quality assessment be done at regular points in the project
>> life-cycle to monitor progress and introduce changes if required.
>>
>> If it is rolled out as a project then it really must have an end (when
>> the project closed down and hands over to the operational regime where
>> laptops are just as essential in classroom as textbooks)...It would be
>> important to work out what that regime would be...
>>
>> Victor
>>
>>
>> On 13 June 2013 23:46, Barrack Otieno <otieno.barrack at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Listers,
>>>
>>> Many thanks to all who have contributed to this weeks discussion the
>>> threads are still open, today we discuss any issues that are significant to
>>> the project and that may have been overlooked, the discussion is open.
>>>
>>>
>>> Best Regards
>>>
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>
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Dr. Warigia Bowman
Assistant Professor
Clinton School of Public Service
University of Arkansas
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