i190 Spring 2014: Information and Communications Technology for Development (ICTD) in Practice

University of California Berkeley, School of Information

LECTURE 19: 9 Apr 2014

Instructor: San Ng (www.sanng.com)

Class Website: i190spring2014.sanng.com

i190 Framework Conceptual

Week1: Introduction to Course W2: What is Development? W3: What is ICTDW4: Who Does What in Practice? Mapping the ICTD Landscape 

i190ICTD in

Practice: Core Skills

Technical (eApplications)

W5: Overarching Issues of eApplications W6: Infrastructure, Telecenters, Agriculture,W7: Revisiting Agriculture,, W8 : e-Health, EducationW9: eGovernance Microfinance 

Management

W10: BreakW11: Intro to Project Management  Planning and Assessment W12: Initiating: Design, Scheduling, Budgeting, HRW13: Implementation W14: Monitoring and Evaluation/ Next Cycle  W15: Final Projects & Wrap Up

Introduction to Project Management

Planning

Initiation

Implementation

Monitoring & Evaluation

Next Phase? Transformation?

Introduction to Project Management•Review of Course (Conceptual, Technical)•What are some themes within lessons learned?

•How is ICTD project management similar and different to traditional development project management? (theories)•Life Cycle and Management Approaches

Introduction to Project Management How can we apply management tools to

address the lessons learned?

Planning- Needs Assessment•What are the general steps in Planning?

• Planning & Methodology Design• Data Collection• Analysis• Possible Solutions • Recommendations

• (then to Initiating Phase: Project Design etc.)

Planning- Needs AssessmentCase study: Agri-Supply Chain Project Proposal - help Ruchita plan her upcoming needs assessment (Goal a.). For background information about the issues, Read Pg 6-8 of Indian School of Business, Inefficiencies in agriculture supply chain in Punjab and opportunities for IT interventions and see especially Fig 3.1. Levels Questio

nsSources of Data

Collection Methods

Analysis Tools

Challenges/Solutions

Strategic

Tactical

Operational

Initiating- Proposal Development: Overview

Initiating- Proposal Development: Project Design

Initiating- Proposal Development: Project Design Case Study

Case:

A needs assessment to identify the reality of two rural school cases in South Africa: Potential for ICT4D or not?  Also visit website generally: (http://siyakhulall.org/) Based on this Needs Assessment, we will be developing a mini-proposal for the next phase of this project, specifically for the Educational Resource component.

Proposed Logframe and Workplan

Initiating- Proposal Development: Project Design Case StudyProposed Logframe and Workplan

Initiating- Proposal Development: Project Design Case StudyIn Class Exercise to develop a Log Frame

Initiating- Proposal Development: Budgeting and Human Resource Case Study

Introduction to Project Management

Planning

Initiation

Implementation

Monitoring & Evaluation

Next Phase? Transformation?