To assist in developing and maintaining a coherent, sustainable and dependable ICT infrastructure, the information below will help you to specify both the functional requirements for ICT and the technical principles that support delivery of those requirements.
Functional requirements
Audience: users / senior management team / heads / LAs / schools and colleges.
This document describes an exemplar set of functions that an institution should have in order to successfully support the delivery of learning, teaching and management. The document has been written for a non-technical audience. It could be used to guide development of requirements, specifications and invitations to tender in a procurement process, but could also be used to develop ICT infrastructure strategy more generally.
This document does not contain technical specifications or standards.
Technical principles
Audience: primarily technical staff in institutions, LAs, etc. but also vendors.
The set of technical principles for each aspect of core institutional ICT infrastructure covers core principles, institutional infrastructure, connectivity, learning and management systems, and environmental sustainability in order to enable the functions identified in the functional requirements to be delivered. This document is for a technical audience and should be used in the development of requirements, specifications and invitations to tender in a procurement process. It should also be used to develop ICT infrastructure implementation more generally.
This document does not contain technical specifications and standards except for purposes of clarity or illustration.
