Environmental analysis using the (SWOT) technique for the project of integration and connectivity between management information systems applications (MIS).
Internal environment analysis
First, the internal strength points: -
- Human resources in the project of management information systems.
- The continuation of the human resources in the project despite the lack of material resources and technological resources.
- Geographical location of the University of Sadat City, a distinct industrial city.
- The university administration was keen to provide the necessary support for the project as much as possible.
- The university got the fourth place in the activation of Management Information Systems.
- The cooperation between the employees at the university faculties of the teaching board members and staff with information centers and units of the university.
Second, internal weakness points:
- Inflexibility laws and regulations organizing the work of the Egyptian universities.
- Lack of awareness of the administrative and financial employees with the importance of the use of information technology.
- The weakness of the capacity of some members of the faculty administration on the use of information technology.
- Unavailability of information technology equipment, especially computers in some places in the university.
- The weakness of the efficiency of the network and didn’t link to the most faculties with the university management network.
- Lack of laboratories available for the use in the training of the teaching board members, assistants, staff members and students.
- Lack of a center for the development of information systems at the university.
- The lack of a certified ICDL Centre of UNESCO.
- Lack of a system to secure data on a regular basis.
- Lack of a video conferencing system at the university.
- The leak of the trained labor of engineers and technicians as a result of the extreme weakness in salaries compared with the existing labor market.
- Not to update and maintain the equipment regularly.
- Lack of availability of technological devices in some places, for example, university cities which impeding the workflow.
- Lack of financial resources.
External environment analysis:
External threats
- The foreign entities attracts engineers and technicians in the information systems technologies who are experienced because of the weakness of the salary at the project.
- The rapid and continuous development of information technology systems.
- Failure to ensure the continuity of financial support to development projects in the ministry.
- The severance of Internet connection, either by service interruptions from the main center or through line connecting with the university.
Opportunities:
- The civil society need for services of information technology systems.
- The Ministry of High Education keen to provide constructive support to systems and information technologies.
- General Civil direction to take advantage of information technology systems.
- Other universities need to the applications and information technology systems that are designed by the university and some of them have been used in universities meetings.
- To provide technology services to various faculties at the university and the area of industrial and non-industrial in Sadat City and its environs.
The analysis by the team of the project
Integration and connectivity between management information systems applications (MIS)