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TOPIC 7 Week 9 IS Planning (Challenges of IS Planing (Technologies are…
TOPIC 7 Week 9 IS Planning
Why IS Planning difficult
Technology changing very rapidly - why bother
Most organisations survival depends on IT
Strategy? State direction
Plan? develop a view of the future that guides decision making
Changing world of IS Planning
The future is less predictable
Disruptive Internet-driven innovations (e.g. Amazon.com)
Time is running out
Speed is of the essence
IS does not just support the business anymore
How can IT influence new ways of working?
-Top management may not know best
Need a shift in planning approach from “inside-out” to “outside-in” Start with the customers and front-line employees
-A business organization is not like an army
Sense-and-respond approach
-Let strategies unfold rather than plan them
Step by step; agility;
Formulate strategies closest to the action
Planning techniques
Competitive Forces Model
Porter's Five Forces
Bargaining power of suppliers
Substitutes
Bargaining power customers
Competition
Threat of new entrants
Three Strategies
Product differentiation
Price leadership
Niche Market
Stages of Growth
Integration
Control
Contagion
Early success
Critical Success Factors
Company itself and situation
Environment
Temporal organizational factors
Industry business is in
Challenges of IS Planing
Technologies are rapidly changing
Alignment of strategic business goals system plans
The need for IT portfolio
Infrastructure development is expensive
Responsibility needs to be joint
Other planning Issues