Smits et al (2009) - Assessing strategic alignment to improve IT effectiveness

Question 1

What is meant with strategic intent?

Answer 1

a concept to stress the importance of balancing the strategic focus

Question 2

What is the I-fit project?

Answer 2

Predict the impact of the business environment on the IT function and to identify and manage the factors that influence IT effectiveness

Question 3

According to smits what are the three types of governance configuration

Answer 3

1. Centralized configuration (corporate IT management)
2. Decentralized configuration (BU IT management)
3. Federal configuration (Hybrid of centralized and decentralized)

Question 4

What is teleological perspective

Answer 4

Information quality is the degree to which the information that is delivered fulfils the business needs, in which degree the information is intented to be used

Question 5

What is causal perspective

Answer 5

information quality is the degree to which ‘the information that is delivered is the
result of a clear and correct chain of activities’. It’s not possible to measure all aspects of the quality of
information itself, but it also depends on the measures that are taken in the IS development and
operational phase.