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Slide 1: Faith Shimba Digitally signed by Faith Shimba DN: cn=Faith Shimba, o=Institute of Finance Management, ou=CIT DEPT, email=Shimba@ifm.ac.tz, c=US Date: 2010.05.21 10:55:43 +01'00' ICT ASSET MANAGEMENT Facilitator: Shimba, F.J
Slide 2: ICT ASSET MANAGEMENT  Definition: is a set business practices that join financial, contractual and inventory functions to support life cycle management and strategic decision making.  A systematic way, structured process covering the whole life of an asset.  The underlying assumption is that assets exist to support program/organisation delivery. Shimba, F.J 0754 557 201 CIT Dept IFM
Slide 3: ICT ASSET MANAGEMENT IT asset management can be viewed from different perspectives:  Strategic perspective: organisations should develop and implement asset management strategy that defines the asset portfolio the organisation requires to support services. Shimba, F.J 0754 557 201 CIT Dept IFM
Slide 4: ICT ASSET MANAGEMENT  Financial management perspective: Assets should be recorded, costed, valued and depreciated according to accounting policies prescribed in the organisations financial statements, etc. Shimba, F.J 0754 557 201 CIT Dept IFM
Slide 5: ICT ASSET MANAGEMENT  Operational perspective: Asset management is about recording the descriptions and location of asset in an organisation to ensure physical security is maintained and that the assets continue to support the operations needed by the organisation. Shimba, F.J 0754 557 201 CIT Dept IFM
Slide 6: ICT ASSET MANAGEMENT ITS GOALS:  Uncover savings through process improvement  Gain control of inventory  Increase accountability to ensure compliance  Enhance performance of assets and life cycle management  Risk reduction through standardization, proper documentation, los reduction. Shimba, F.J 0754 557 201 CIT Dept IFM
Slide 7: ICT ASSET MANAGEMENT  Why ICT management?  Can’t the inventory control function of an organisation track ICT asset? Shimba, F.J 0754 557 201 CIT Dept IFM
Slide 8: ICT ASSET MANAGEMENT: Asset Life Cycle Shimba, F.J 0754 557 201 CIT Dept IFM