implementing e-learning

The Planning Phase

"It does not do to leave a live dragon out of your calculations, if you live near him." - J.R.R.Tolkien, 'The Hobbit'

New systems must meet current and future requirements as well as being compatible with existing infrastructure and legacy systems' functions. Most importantly of all the system must support relevant institutional strategies. The selection of an optimal solution, or the enhancement, integration or better use of existing components requires careful planning.

Whether you are integrating or seeking to better use existing systems and tools, or selecting and implementing new ones, resources for this phase can be contextualised for what you want to achieve. You need to:

• use a robust selection methodology and evaluation criteria to match new products - systems or middleware components for integrating existing functions - to the agreed requirements arrived at during the analysis phase
• if buying new software, know how to negotiate a contract