FITS - Introduction

Get the support of your managers, teachers, head teacher before starting to implement processes - you will need their backing to make them enforceable and they will appreciate being involved early on.

Get buy in from users and of course the rest of the ICT/technical support team - they may have a useful contribution to make and will be more amenable to change if they are involved in it.

Have a strategy and plan your implementation for suitable times - discuss your plan with managers, teachers, head teacher.

Have a communication and publicity campaign to keep all affected parties, such as users, suppliers, school managers, etc., informed - build up their enthusiasm and ease live implementation.

Don't try to do too much at once - take one process at a time and make it work well before moving on to the next one

Try out a process using one or two people before launching it across the whole school - it will make wider implementation much easier.

Be realistic about what is achievable - it takes time for processes to show results and make improvements - don't expect instant solutions.

Allow enough time for participants to learn the new processes and get used to them - they need to become habit and this takes time.

Start to take measurements and produce reports as early as possible so that you can demonstrate progress and maintain motivation.

If a process takes too long to show results or ins't working don't be deterred, try again - letting things slip back to old ways won't solve anything.