L 2.1 Information Systems & Strategy Flashcards
Business processes
The activities organizations perform to reach their business goals, core activities and supporting activities
Core activities
Activities that transform inputs and produce outputs
Supporting activities
Activities that enable the core activities to take place
IS strategy
The organizational perspective on the investment in deployment, use and management of information systems
IS portfolio
Focuses on process, product, and customer
IS strategy process
The process of identifying a portfolio of computer-based applications that will support an organization’s business plans, enabling the organization to align its IS with its business needs and achieves its goals
5 phases of IS strategy process
- strategic awareness
- Situation analysis
- Strategy conception
- Strategy formulation
- Strategy implementation
strategic awareness
organize the process, identify objectives for business and IS strategy , align business and IS strategy
Strategic alignment models
Henderson & Venkatraman
Technology potential
Competitive potential
strategy executing
service level alignment
Henderson & Venkatraman: Strategic alignment model
focuses on external and internal domain, the strategic and operational level
4 approaches to alignment:
external: business strategy and IT strategy
internal: org. infrastructure and processes and IT infrastructure and processes
Technology potential: Strategic alignment model
business strategy is the driver, what IT strategy will achieve that business strategy
business strategy→ IT strategy → IS infrastructure and processes
competitive potential: Strategic alignment model
IT strategy is the driver, what business strategy will achieve the IT strategy
IT strategy → business strategy → org. infrastructure and processes
strategy executing: Strategic alignment model
business strategy is the driver, determines organizational structure and processes, how can IS support the current organization, don’t change the fundamentals of the company, just the tools
business strategy → org. infrastructure and processes → IS infrastructure and processes
service level alignment : Strategic alignment model
It strategy is the driver, organization adapts to new tech, how can we build an optimal IS organization
It strategy → Is infrastructure and processes → org. infrastructure and processes
situation analysis: SWOT
SWOT analysis,
internal: strength and weaknesses
external: opportunities and threats
