How much does ICT Cost the tip of the iceberg

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How much does ICT Cost?the tip of the iceberg
Penny Patterson Penny.patterson_at_lgfl.org.uk

• Thanks to Nia Sutton at Becta for many of the
  slides

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• Funding for ICT in schools
• 1998-99 - 102 million earmarked funding in
  little bits!
• 2006-07 - 741 million capital investment to
  suport 3 year budget planning

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From the Becta Review 2006

• Approximately half of primary and secondary
  schools do not have a policy in place for
  replacement of ICT equipment
• In those that do, the rate of replacement is not
  at the level to maintain the longer-term currency
  of the technology
• Key issues and challenges include achieving
  sustainability

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Costberg
Cost on the box?
before looking at our ideas What have you come
up with?
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Costberg
Initial Price
Staff training
Electrical work
Physical Environment Heating, Lighting,
Ventilation
Software
Cost of buying
Design
Disposal / replacement
Peripherals Printer, scanner
Sleepless nights!
Maintenance and Support
Telecommunications Call charges, Internet
Staffing
Network Components
Consumables
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Total Cost of Ownership (TCO)
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Total annual expenditure on ICT
Primary
Secondary
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27
User self support Formal support Consumables Train
ing Internet / LAN Software Hardware
On average 60 allocated to technical support
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Less than a quarter on hardware
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5
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Data from BectasTotal Cost of Ownership research
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http//matrix.becta.org.uk
Institutional Infrastructure and Learning
Platform Functionality review tools
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ICT Investment planning tool (TCO)

• What is the planner designed to do?
• Can show full cost of ownership of ICT over
  several years
• Allows you to model different investment
  strategies
• Simple tool - easy/quick to use and maintain
• Can be tailored to suit local needs
• What doesnt it do?
• It is not a rigorous financial model the costs
  are intended to be indicative
• It doesnt allow for reductions in ICT provision
• -it assumes provision will remain the same or
  increase

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The tool will give you

• Current financial year
• Total replacement costs
• Annual operating/support costs
• Next financial year and the year after
• Stand still costsHow much will it cost us to
  keep at the current level of ICT?
• (includes budgeting for ongoing equipment
  replacement)
• Development costsHow much do we actually need to
  spend to extend the current ICT provision?

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What do you need to do?

• Gather basic information on services and count up
  equipment
• Becta website ?
• Open the tool
• Download guidance materials

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Summary

• The tool can help you look at
• Where are you now?
• What have you got?
• What is it costing you?
• What else do you need?
• When do you need it?
• What will help?
• Who will help?
• This will help inform the development an
  implementation of a vision an ICT provision
  thats reliable, well-managed, well-planned and
  appropriate for your learners, teachers and
  managers

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• http//becta.org.uk/schools/
  ictinvestmentplanner