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World bank is one of the world’s largest sources of
development assistance.
It was owned, financed and run by 184 countries
Main objective of world bank was decentralization
and providing collaborative tools and global
development knowledge that would help the far
flung bank staff and stakeholders
INTRODUCTION
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Delivering round the clock global support
Building a foundation for global knowledge sharing
IT ISSUES
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1. Decentralization: To improve responsiveness and
strengthen collaboration and country ownership of
development programs
2. Creation of knowledge bank: establishment of
robust knowledge management system
3. Matrix of regions and networks: reorganization of
banks from hierarchical organization to matrix of
networks and regions.
BUSINESS STRATEGY
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3 main categories of it services:
1. Basic service package: these were fixed cost
,standard underlying network infrastructure
services that provided the platform all users needed
to access the information e-mail,workgroup,file
storage etc
2. Corporate information services:
these services provided systems and application
infrastructure to support enterprise functions such as
financial and human resource management etc.
IT ALIGNMENT
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Five point program:
1. Standardization and integration of of the it
infrastructure including desktop and laptop
computers and softwares along with workgroup
,storage and database servers.
2. Creation of robust information management
architecture to provide solid a solid foundation for
the next generation of web services and portal
applications.
IT STRATEGY
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High global connectivity:critical enabler for aggressive
decentralization of bank work
Global knowledge sharing:electronic shared access to to
documents.
Global customer support:24x7 customer support
Client connection:
1. key element to increase e-business partnerships.It gave
clients access to confidential info about their projects and
loan portfolio.
2. Also gave access to world bank knowledge resources.
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IMPACT OF 5-POINT
PROGRAMMBefore
Computing infrastruture
1. No 2 computers setup exactly
same
2. Virus emerging as main problem
3. Every change required to visit the
pc
Connectivity
1. Separate voice and data no video
2. Satellite licensing was major
barrier
3. Connectivity slow and capacity
low
Systems and data
1. Massive duplicate data entry
2. Most systems are homegrown
Info management and sharing
1. Almost entirely paper based
2. Large gaps in official business
records
After
Computing infrastructure
1. Standard enterprise desktop package
2. Remote install and management of
services
3. High reliability and user satisfaction
Connectivity
1. Integrated voice data and
videoconferencing
2. Hq LAN speed increased by factor of
1000
Syatems and data
1. Control risks reduced
2. Executive finacial management tools
Info management and sharing
1. Electronic captured ,storage and
retrieval
2. Enterprise electronic warehouses
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Bank’s network capacity from 3 satellite that
together with few dedicated terrestrial links covered
all world bank offices worldwide
Demand assigned multiple access: allowed felxible
allocation of bandwidth among sites
Single channel per carrier:dynamic sharing between
voice, data ,video services
Time divisiom multiplexing: sharing of satellite
capacity
NETWORK
ARCHITECTURE
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Cost effectiveness
Productivity of the bank
Real time access to key information and maintain
close collaboration with headquarter collegues
Broad participation among staff and government
authorities
Banks traditional approach failing to provide timely
advice to countries so new approach helped it
through vc.
BENEFITS OF MODEL
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1.Keep the business leaders fully engaged on major
change initiatives leveraged with IT.
2. Managing expectations can save your program.
3.Sustained support from the top makes all the
difference
4.Assemble the first rate IT team
LESSONS LEARNED