Strategy and Strategic planning

The Case for this module starts us off by looking at two examples of actual information technology strategic plans. Both plans involve cyber security—one for the United States Department of Defense and the other for the United Kingdom’s Cyber Strategy. Provide a comparative analysis of these two plans and isolate areas where they are similar but also different across the two strategic plans. Make recommendations for improvements in each plan. Here are the two examples:

United States Department of Defense Cyber Strategy

United Kingdom’s Cyber Strategy

Case Assignment

When you've read through the plans and the criteria and perused relevant items from the Background Readings and other sources that you may have located, please compose a short (4–5 page) paper on the topic:

· Comparative analysis of the United States DOD Cyber Strategy and the United Kingdom’s Cyber Strategy. Compare what is alike and different in these plans and provide a discussion of the extent to which the outcomes for the strategic plan are clearly articulated.

Submit your paper upon completion.

Use information from the modular background readings as well as any good quality resource(s) you can find. Please cite all sources and provide a reference list at the end of your paper.

Background Readings:

Cadle, J. Paul, D. and Turner, P. (2014). Read Chapters 1-3 in: Business analysis techniques: 99 essential tools for success, 2nd edition. BCS Publishing.  Available in the Trident Online Library.

Note: Many of your readings are in the publication MIS Quarterly Executive. You cannot find these resources in a usual library search. Follow the directions in  Library Guide-MIS Quarterly Executive to find these articles.

Califf, C. B., Sarker, S., Sarker, S., & Skilton, M. (n.d.). The role and value of a cloud service partner. MIS Quarterly Executive, 15(3), 231–242.

Cronemberger, F., Sayogo, D. S., & Gil-Garcia, J. R. (2017).  Assessing the role of executive involvement and information needs as socio-technical determinant of governance in IIS success.  Proceedings of the 50th Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences,  2923–2932 . Retrieved from  https://scholarspace.manoa.hawaii.edu/bitstream/10125/41510/1/paper0361.pdf

Kappelman, L., & Johnson, Vess (2016). 2015 SIM IT issues and trends study, MIS Quarterly Executive, 15(1), 55–77.

Lacity, M. C., & Reynolds, P. (2014). Cloud services practices for small and medium-sized enterprises.  MIS Quarterly Executive, 13(1), 31–44.

Luftman, J., & Derksen, B. (2014).  Key issues for IT executives 2012: Doing more with less. MIS Quarterly Executive, 11(4), 207–218.

Milovich, M. (2015).  Keeping up with IT strategy in a world of constant business change. MIS Quarterly Executive, 14(3), 1–12. 

Mocker, M., Ross, J. W., & Hopkins, C. (2015). How USAA architected its business for life event integration. MIS Quarterly Executive, 14(4), 137–150.

Singh, A., & Hess, T. (2017). How Chief Digital Officers promote the digital transformation of their companies. MIS Quarterly Executive, 16(1), 1–17.

Spanaki, K., & Papazafeiropoulou, A. (2016). The implementation of governance, risk, and compliance IS: Adoption lifecycle and enterprise value. Information Systems Management, 33(4), 302–315. DOI: 10.1080/10580530.2016.1220214. Available in the Trident Online Library.

Tamm, T., Seddon, P. B., Shanks, G., Reynolds, P., & Keith M. (2015). How an Australian retailer enabled business transformation through enterprise architecture. MIS Quarterly Executive, 14(4), 181–193.

Tallon, P. P., Short, J. E., & Harkins, M. (2013). The evolution of information governance at Intel, MIS Quarterly Executive, 12(4), 189–198.

Toppenberg, G., Henningsson, S., & Shanks, G. (2015). How Cisco Systems used enterprise architecture capability to sustain acquisition-based growth. MIS Quarterly Executive, 14(4), 151–168.

Yang Lee, Madnick, Stuart, Wang, Richard, Wang, Forea, & Hongyun Zhang (2014). A cubic framework for the chief data officer: Succeeding in a world of big data. MIS Quarterly Executive, 13(1), 1-13.

Enterprise Architecture: Center for Enterprise Architecture. (2014, May 18). Evolving views of IT and business alignment [Video file]. Retrieved from  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SUiKLaJML7s

ManageEngine. (2015, January 29). Webinar - 8 ways to align IT to your business [Video file]. Retrieved from  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GQAZUEIi7Gw

Balanced Scorecard Institute. (2016, August 17). Introducing the art of strategic thinking [Video file]. Retrieved from  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WV6tv2Pt-dI