University Launches E-Platform to Monitor Its 2030 Strategy Initiatives Implementation's Progress
King Khalid University launched its e-platform for the governance of the initiatives' implementation of its strategic plan 2030, which was previously inaugurated by His Royal Highness Prince Turki bin Talal bin Abdulaziz, Governor of Asir Region and Head of Asir Development Authority in the presence of His Excellency Minister of Education, Prof. Youssef bin Abdullah Albunayan.
King Khalid University's Deputy Director of the Data Office, Eng. Abdullah bin Ali Al-Sharafi, provided an explanation of the Strategy Dashboard platform's role in the University's Strategic Plan 2030 implementation process, which ensures the attainment of the strategy's objectives. It is also one of the key tools the university uses to set priorities, analyze developments, find new opportunities, boost overall performance, allocate resources, improve teamwork communication, foresee potential challenges, and enhance administrative decision quality.
Al-Sharafi indicated that the platform aims to provide detailed information, by fully tracking the progress of the KPIs, allowing officials to monitor the live progress of the university's performance in achieving long-term strategic goals, in addition to tracking other indexes such as productivity, quality, delivery, responsiveness, and management.
Al-Sharafi added that the platform comprises showing the baseline, targets, gaps, and reference values; measuring progress at any moment; managing initiatives; understanding the status of implementation of linked activities and their duration; and monitoring all tasks. Further, the platform was designed in a way, which facilitates understanding the data through detailed graphs, in addition to the possibility of determining the frequency in which the data will be updated automatically and regularly from various sources within the university.
Al-Sharafi concluded that the platform makes it possible to choose which users would be given access to the data analysis, performance monitoring, and strategic decision-making tools. The platform also supports the Follow-Up system, which is composed of 3 primary components: the platform manager, the strategy team, and the body & the liaison officer.
