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By Anita Cassidy

ISBN-10: 0849350735

ISBN-13: 9780849350733

The root of a profitable details platforms strategic plan is the popularity that enterprise path and standards needs to force the IS procedure and computing structure. a pragmatic advisor to details platforms Strategic making plans, moment variation outlines a scientific method of advisor you thru the improvement of an efficient IS plan that's formulated out of your company's enterprise plan.

This quantity outlines a brief and straightforward process with thoughts, suggestions, and templates for interpreting, organizing, speaking, and enforcing an IS method. This procedure unites a firm in a collaborative attempt leading to a superb path that has the aid of the complete association. setting up this course cultivates the help of administration, allowing helpful strategic IS investments.

With a brand new examine the position of IS governance in strategic making plans, this moment version displays advances in expertise and offers a better and thorough making plans method. The strategic making plans procedure defined during this booklet has been supplemented through classes realized from using the method in different businesses, cultures, and environments.

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Although this feudal method works well to achieve business unit objectives, it is difficult to leverage corporatewide strategic efforts across business units. This may also be more expensive because the business units may not use standards and common systems across business units. Corporate power: In a highly centralized environment, a central corporate entity often makes the decisions. Although this may have some efficiencies because synergies can be leveraged, it often results in unsatisfied business units that do not feel in control of their destiny.

Governance helps a company evaluate the opportunities and align projects with the business direction. Governance ensures that projects adding the most value to the business will be the projects initiated, therefore improving the ultimate value from IS. As business changes occur on a continuous basis, governance ensures that the IS plan and priorities change with the business. Clear, defined governance improves the relationship between the business and the IS organization, because there is structure and definition to the relationship.

Collins, Jim, Good to Great, Harper Business, New York, 2001. 4. com. Chapter 2 IS Governance God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to distinguish the one from the other. — Reinhold Niebuhr (1892–1971) American Theologian Definition of Governance Governance is a fundamental framework that must be in place for an information systems (IS) strategic plan and strategic planning process to be successful. Governance provides a decision-making and accountability framework for effective management of IS.

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