NAFRINUOL ICT Infrastructure Communication System Design 2003 IT University The Royal Institute of T

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NAFRI/NUOL ICT InfrastructureCommunication
System Design 2003IT University The Royal
Institute of Technology
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Agenda

• What to do?
• Activities
• SWOT
• Summary
• QA

• Team members
• Background
• Our Goal
• What has been done?

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Team Members

National Agriculture and Forestry Research
Institute Manoluck Bounsihalath Vilachith
PhommasackRoyal Institute of Technology Lotta
Erickson Said Kashoob
National University of Laos Kheuangkham
Phothisan Bouasoth Xayachak Anoulack Tepbualy
E-mail csd2003-team1_at_csd.ssvl.kth.se WWW
http//csd.ssvl.kth.se/csd2003-team1
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Coach Alberto Escudero-Pascual -
KTH Principals Bandith Ramangkoun - NAFRI
Bounthong Vongxaya - NUOL
Carl Mossberg - Sida
Michael Victor - Sida
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Background

• All campuses of NUOL already connected.
• All research centers of NAFRI are not yet
  connected.

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• Our Goal
• Design an IT infrastructure
• introduce a high speed connectivity for NAFRI
• Introduce basic services (E-mail, web ...etc)
• Familiarize Laotian team members with IT
• Draft an Information Communication Technology
  (ICT) policy and master plan

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• What has been done so far?
• Pre-study of current situation in Laos
• Project plan
• Research of possible technical solutions
• Budget plan
• Testing the WLAN equipment
• Training and education of Lao team members
• Several activities leading to ICT policy

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• What we plan to do in Laos
• Survey and assessment
• Set up and installing the equipment
• Write policy and master plan
• Implementation Plan
• Testing and handover of the actual
  implementation

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• Activities
• Project Related Activities
• Internal milestones/deliverables
• ICT Policy/Master Plan Draft
• WLAN link setup in Vientiane, Laos
• Training and education
• Course Related Activities
• External deliverables

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SWOT A method to identify the project's Internal
Strengths and Weaknesses and to review External
Opportunities and Threats to the project.
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STRENGTHS

• Well motivated team
• Putting the right person on the right job
• Cultural diversity
• Close cooperation with other groups
• Different areas of technical knowledge

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WEAKNESSES

• Lack of teamwork experiences
• No core expertise
• Lack of experience developing ICT Policies

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OPPORTUNITIES

• Initial phase of a long-term project
• Hot topic
• Working with external experts in different
  areas such as ICT, networking and WLAN techniques

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THREATS

• Lack of communication and misunderstandings
  between the decision makers in Laos and Sweden
• The interpretation of the goal and the required
  specifications change from time to time
• Budget not approved
• Strong external influences

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SUMMARY

• Goal
• Two organizations in Laos connected via a
  wireless PtP link
• ICT Policy Draft
• Current situation
• Half way there!!
• In the future
• - One part of the big picture

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Questions?
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Thank you!!