Centralized Software-As-A Service
For Omani Government Organizations
Abdullah Al Barwani
Background and Purpose
Current Status and Issues
Improvement Strategy
Specific Action Plan
Expected Results
Contents
Background and Purpose
※ Describe why you have chosen this topic:
※ Describe the topic’s significance and purpose:
• Background
• Purpose
resolves existing overlap and duplications of efforts high impact results align with overall strategy and initiatives
National Level Impact if implemented, will result in big savings for the government if implemented, will expedite eGovernment implementation
Current Status and Issues
Currently ALL government organizations procure and implement their own software and applications despite the fact that some of these applications could be centralized Also, some organizations are more mature than others which pose a challenge for a whole of government eGovernment implementation because of integration and data availability issues.
Project SWOT Analysis
S W
O T
Strength
Opportunity Threat
Weakness
Ministerial Cabinet mandate and direction
available budget
organizational Authority
Number of Available resources
Available skills
Capitalize on Government Cloud project
Time Frame
Open Source Initiatives
Policy Enforcement
Current Status and Issues – Gap Analysis
Proposed Overall Goals (Objectives)
Proposed Purpose
Better Integration
Minimize Cost
Better data sharing
To Be
As Is
Unified Technical Architecture
Centralized Back Office applications deployment
Centralized Budgetary/Licences
Integrate for data sharing/ workflows
Separate deployment for each org.
Distributed budgetary planning
Non-integrated approach
Different technical Architecture
-Develop a plan to centralize Back office applications and software for all government
organizations with central budget and licenses requirement
-Capitalize of the current government cloud implementation to provide the project as p
art of the software-as-a service initiative
• Improvement Strategy
Improvement Strategy
Conduct a market research for the requirement for all government organizations
Develop a priority list of required software and applications
Develop the business requirement based on the number of licenses required and ex
pected growth
Phase out the implementation based on the priority list
Include the project in the annual business plan starting 2015
• Specific Action Plan
Specific Action Plan
Specific Action Plan
• The steps to achieve your goals
STEP 1
• Market Research
STEP 2 • Business requirement Document
STEP 3 • Create a plan for deployment in phases
• Implementing Organization - Name of the organization: ___Information Technology Authority(ITA)
- Nature or type of the organization: Government
- Major functions of the organization: • Society and human capital development
• Enhance e-Government & e-Services
• Enable ICT Industry Development • Governance, Standards & Regulation
• National Infrastructure Development
• Promotion & Awareness
• Duration of the Project : (5) Year(s) - Date of commencement: Jan 2015
- Date of completion: Dec 2020
Outline of the Action Plan
• Duration : (5) Year(s), First Year Work Plan: 2014
No Item Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Fund US$
1 Prepare survey Materials
2 Allocate the team
3 Conduct the survey
4 Finalize requirement and report
5 Obtain approvals
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Action Plan – Duration (Example)
this information will only be available after the market study and
business requirement gathering
Outline of the Action Plan–Budget (if needed)
Expected Results – Outputs/Outcomes
• Economic Effects
Big saving for the government from licenses expedited eGovernment implementation
• Technical Effects
Unified Architecture more integrated solution Better data security
• Social and Environmental Effects
Enhanced Data Sharing
(Challenges and Solutions)
• Challenges and Risks
available number of resources and skills required high expectation from senior management on completion date
• Solutions
Outsource certain tasks with in-house supervision Recruit required resource Develop the required skills Manage the project in Phases Early communication to senior management about phases and plans