Information Technology Master Research Articles

Preparation of an Information Technology Master Plan Using the TOGAF Enterprise Architecture Framework Case Study of PT Wijaya Karya (Persero) Tbk. 2018 Year

Long-term planning in the development of information systems is useful to support the company's vision and mission called Information Technology (IT) Master Plan. The IT Master Plan explains things related to the company's vision and mission to the information technology project management planning and basically the IT Master Plan is the conversion of the company's strategy into an information system technology implementation plan. The first step in building an information technology infrastructure is to make an IT Master Plan first. The IT Master Plan is made referring to the company's business strategy through understanding the organization's business architecture and technology trends. The decision makers will formulate strategic matters related to the implementation of IT infrastructure. TOGAF is one of the frameworks that is often used in preparing this IT Master Plan. The TOGAF framework consists of methods and components for assessing, creating, deploying and maintaining enterprise architectures. With a broad scope, complete, easy to understand and utilizing the terminology concept of ISO/IEC 42010: 2007 makes TOGAF as an option. TOGAF is developed by The Open Group and is free/open source. The IT Master Plan must always be updated in accordance with the company's business developments. Changes and company dynamics related to information technology and systems must be contained in the IT Master Plan.

IT Master Plan

The rapid development of business, supported by technological developments that are not less rapid, it requires a strong and precise alignment between business strategies or organizations with the Information Systems (IS) strategy and Information Technology (IT)strategies as supporters. An IT strategy plan includes many aspects, covering several aspects which include aspects of technology architecture,roadmap / work plan, and supporting standards for its implementation. This Guidelines for Preparation and Implementation of the IT MasterPlan, explains the methods and main steps in managing and implementing IT strategy to support the implementation of the main tasks and the achievement of the strategic objectives of an organization or company. An important aspect that concern to the author is the importance of organizational and management involvement. Which is a key aspect of the planning process, together to ensure that all IS components have the same goals and direction as the business so it is easy to identify organizations that have not aligned. The logical relationship between business strategy and IT strategy does not usually occur directly, but through an intermediary for determining the IS Strategy, the strategy must be able to translate business strategies into the perspective of data and information flow to finally determine the information and communication technology work plan up to the specified year compiled in an IT Master Plan.

Analysis of the Risk Management Process on the Development of the Public Sector Information Technology Master Plan

The Information and Communication Technology Master Plan—ICTMP—is an important tool for the achievement of the strategic business objectives of public and private organizations. In the public sector, these objectives are closely related to the provision of benefits to society. Information and Communication Technology (ICT) actions are present in all organizational processes and involves size-able budgets. The risks inherent in the planning of ICT actions need to be considered for ICT to add value to the business and to maximize the return on investment to the population. In this context, this work intends to examine the use of risk management processes in the development of ICTMPs in the Brazilian public sector.

The Choice of the Best Proposal in Tendering with AHP Method: Case of Procurement of IT Master Plan’s Realization

The computer system has become one of the centerpieces in the functioning of organizations hence the importance of an IT (Information Technology) master plan to manage its development. To find a provider for the IT master plan’s realization, organizations are increasingly using tendering as the mode of awarding contracts. This article focuses on the use of multi-criteria decision-making method AHP for analysis and evaluation of tenders during the awarding of contracts of IT master plan’s realization. To achieve this goal, a painstaking work was realized, on the one hand, for making an inventory of criteria and sub-criteria involved in the evaluation of bids and on the other hand for specifying the degrees of preference for each pair of criteria and each pair of sub-criteria. Finally, a test was performed by using fictitious tenders. The goals of this work are to make available to members of tenders committee a decision support tool for evaluating tenders of IT master plan’s realization submitted by bidders and endow the organizations with effective IT master plans in order to increase the performance of their information systems.

A Case Study: Technology Education Internationalization

Abstract This paper investigates the internationalization of education, specifically technology education in National Research Tomsk Polytechnic University (TPU). Through a conducted case study of a course in a Master of Information Technology (MIT) program development, it investigated the challenges that TPU faced and how they could overcome the challenges in internationalizing their programs and curricula. The research adopted a qualitative case study research method. It used survey, observation and documentations as the data collection techniques, as they are best suited for this research. Ten students were involved in a delivery of a course in a developed internationalized MIT program. The research team observed how the students learnt, whether there were challenges and difficulties in the delivery of course learning and how they were overcome. The results showed that the students were highly satisfied with the course developed and they believed they greatly benefited from the developed course.

Internationalization of Technology Education in National Research Tomsk Polytechnic University

This research investigates the internationalization of Master of Information Technology (MIT) education in National Research Tomsk Polytechnic University (TPU). Through a conducted case study about a course (also known as a subject or a unit) specially developed and delivered by a foreign researcher-teacher for the internationalized MIT program, it investigated how TPU approached internationalization of MIT education, why the approach was adopted and how TPU overcame the challenges in internationalizing their MIT programs (offered in two languages) and curricula. The research adopted a qualitative case study research method, which involved the data collection techniques such as survey, observation and documentations. Ten MIT program students were involved in the course delivery. The research team observed how the MIT program worked, how the students learnt from the specially provided course by a foreign researcher-teacher in the MIT program, the challenges and difficulties in the delivery of course learning, and how they were overcome. The results indicated that the students were highly satisfied and greatly benefited from the specially developed course in their internationalized MIT program.

Virtue and Virtuality

This paper is an attempt to establish a foundation for technoethics of IT that makes an account of the virtual environment based within the lived situation of those who work and dwell in that emerging realm. The most important phenomenon for technoethics of IT is the relationship between knowledge about information and the capacity to turn information into knowledge. This relationship is embodied in being a Master of Information Technology. To achieve mastery of information and mould it into knowledge, a useful tool-like entity, is to have power in the contemporary world. Once this situation is recognised ethical questions arise of their own volition. A selection of these questions are dealt with in the following paper, they are the questions of the distinction between information and knowledge, the central issue of virtue and virtuality, and the distinction between stealing and sharing in the virtual environment. This paper constitutes a think piece; readers who have a stake in the virtual environment and its ethical makeup are urged to ask themselves these questions and come up with others in turn.

Information and Communications Technology and Physical Education in Singapore

The use of information and communications technology (ICT) in education in Singapore is increasing at an unprecedented pace. With the implementation of the Information Technology Master Plan for Education, 30 per cent of the curriculum time in school will be devoted to ICT-related activities. This paper examines the main issues of using ICT in physical education in Singapore, albeit some of the issues are not unique to Singapore alone; current uses of the technology are reviewed as well as how the technology may be used in the near future. The potential pitfalls of using the technology are also alluded to.

Leapfrogging Across the Millennium

Singapore’s future economic progress and success depends on an educated workforce which has to be creative, knowledgeable, and strong in Information Technology (IT). IT plays a vital role in the workplace at present and in the future but is the Singapore’s education system preparing the students for this? The Government has responded well to this challenge and has committed large resources to the use of IT in schools. It has implemented various programmes to help students acquire IT skills in the past and recently, proposed a number of innovative approaches to help students face the future challenge. A national IT master plan for education is at present being developed and it will take the schools into next millennium.