Some may be familiar with the various forms of Project Management Triangle used in project management as a way to describe the high interdependence between scope, cost and schedule in delivering a quality project outcome. Over the years I've evolved my own little model that helps describe the interdependent dimensions that need to be 'sorted' to have a quality outcome in ICT4D interventions. I call it the ICT4D Quality Diamond and I use it in many different ways.

I spend a good amount of time pondering what are the factors for success and the causes of failure when it comes to implementing ICT4D projects. The type I'm mostly involved in implementing or evaluating is some form of Management Information System (MIS). Simplistically stated, this is a set of social processes that include someone pushing data in one end of a technology interface so someone else can make sense of it at another interface.  Of course my motivation for this pondering behaviour is obvious - I want to see more of these projects succeed more often. I say 'more' instead of 'all' because I don't want anyone who may read this little musing to think I'm not a realist about just how challenging this is. So while the motivation is straight forward enough, the solution of how to consistently deliver successful ICT4D interventions requires all the pondering you've got time to give it. At least for my little part of the universe, these ponderings now have a home - right here in this blog. One of ...