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ICT Standards and Guidelines. The Structure of the Project Akram Najjar CNSI – Senior Consultant Director of InfoConsult. Objectives of this Session. Introduce the Standards and Guidelines Documents Define the components of the Documents Present the proposed Implementation Plan.
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ICT Standards and Guidelines The Structure of the Project Akram Najjar CNSI – Senior Consultant Director of InfoConsult
Objectives of this Session • Introduce the Standards and Guidelines Documents • Define the components of the Documents • Present the proposed Implementation Plan
Who are the Standards and Guidelines aimed at? • The Management of Ministries and Agencies • All technical and professional personnel in an ICT Unit • Support units in the Ministry or the Agency such as: • Purchasing • Accounting • Final users (Domain of the system) • The Private Sector
Standard Operating Procedures Standards Good Practices Guidelines Standards and Guidelines will include: Procedural Levels/Specs Mandatory Recommended
Standard Operating Procedures Examples • The procedure for testing software modules • The procedure for securing a network • The procedure to install a new system • The procedure to exchange data between agencies Procedural Mandatory
Good Practices Examples • Maintaining database systems • Designing software applications • Selecting and evaluating ICT products and services Procedural Recommended
Standards Examples • A technical minimal requirement such as memory • A professional requirement such as a Microsoft certificate • A quantitative level such as Data Center temperature and humidity Level Mandatory
Guidelines Examples • The number of PCs to connect to a server • The number of backups a week • What to include in a maintenance log file or register Level Recommended
The Guide to Good ICT Practices Develop the Standards and Guidelines Implement The Standards An Overall View of the Project
The Implementation Tasks Task 1 - Finalize Legal Requirements for Project Task 2 - Identify and Assign the Implementing Agency Task 3 - Identify and Secure Funding for the Project Task 4 - Plan the Project Task 5 - Approve the Project Plan Task 6 - Communicate and Disseminate Standards Task 7 - Maintain and Update ICT Standards and Guidelines Task 8 - Train the ICT Units Task 9 - Implement the ICT Standards and Guidelines Task 10 - Monitor and Control the Quality of the Standards
Where can you find the Standards and Guidelines? • Your CD contains the full set of Documents • It also contains all presentations of this workshop • OMSAR’s website has a special page for Standards and Guidelines • You can browse all documents online • You can download them in web format for offline browsing • Or in any of these formats: • Microsoft Word format • A Help File format www.omsar.gov.lb/ICTSG
B. Chatterjee will now present CNSI’s Findings and Recommendations