This document summarizes a lecture on project management for ICTD (Information and Communications Technology for Development) projects. It discusses the project lifecycle, which includes planning, initiation, implementation, and monitoring and evaluation phases. For the planning phase, it provides an example case study on assessing agricultural supply chain issues in India. For the initiation phase, it covers proposal development, project design, and developing a logframe and workplan. It also includes a case study on assessing ICT needs for rural schools in South Africa. The lecture emphasizes applying management tools and approaches to address lessons learned from past ICTD projects.

1. 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

2. i190 Framework
Conceptual
Week1: Introduction to Course
W2: What is Development?
W3: What is ICTD
W4: Who Does What in Practice?
Mapping the ICTD
Landscape
i190
ICTD in
Practice:
Core Skills
Technical
(eApplications)
W5: Overarching Issues of
eApplications
W6: Infrastructure, Telecenters,
Agriculture,
W7: Revisiting Agriculture,,
W8 : e-Health, Education
W9: eGovernance
Microfinance
Management
W10: Break
W11: Intro to Project Management
Planning and Assessment
W12: Initiating: Design,
Scheduling,
Budgeting, HR
W13: Implementation
W14: Monitoring and Evaluation/
Next Cycle
W15: Final Projects &
Wrap Up

3. Introduction to Project Management
Planning
Initiation
Implementation
Monitoring & Evaluation
Next Phase? Transformation?

4. 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

5. Introduction to Project Management
 How can we apply management tools to address
the lessons learned?

6. 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.)

7. Planning- Needs Assessment
Case 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 Questions Sources
of Data
Collection
Methods
Analysis
Tools
Challenges
/Solutions
Strategic
Tactical
Operationa
l

8. Initiating- Proposal Development: Overview

9. Initiating- Proposal Development: Project
Design

10. 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

11. Initiating- Proposal Development: Project
Design Case Study
Proposed Logframe and Workplan

12. Initiating- Proposal Development: Project
Design Case Study
In Class Exercise to develop a Log Frame

13. Initiating- Proposal
Development:
Budgeting and
Human Resource
Case Study

14. Introduction to Project Management
Planning
Initiation
Implementation
Monitoring & Evaluation
Next Phase? Transformation?