Cis Strategic Planning

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CMGTCB/578 CIS Strategic Planning Course Information Description This course provides the knowledge to ensure students acquire skills to develop effective short, intermediate, and long- range strategic information systems plans. Course topics include the need for and contents of a corporate strategic plan; the relationship of information systems planning to overall organizational goals; assessment of the organization's current state; determination of information technology (IT), project, and management requirements; and the means of prioritizing and selecting systems projects.

Credits 3

Competency Statements and Learning Objectives

Competency Statement Competency Learning Objectives (LO) Where you will

demonstrate your learning:

You will develop a short-range strategic IS plan on ways to build competitive advantages. You’ll write an executive summary on assessing and improving the alignment between IT infrastructure and the organization’s mission and vision.

Competency 1 – Develop an IS plan aligning to organizational strategy for various ranges of time.

Learning Objective 1 – Describe the classic pyramid organizational structure and where information technology (IT) fits into that structure.

Learning Objective 2 – Analyze the business information value chain.

Learning Objective 3 – Assess the role of leveraging technology in IT.

Learning Objective 4 – Apply Porter’s Competitive Forces Model to the context of online- only businesses.

Learning Objective 5 – Define IT infrastructure.

Learning Objective 6 – Illustrate how IT can improve business processes.

Learning Objective 7 – Give an example of how a typical IS department is organized.

Learning Objective 8 – Create a short-range strategic IS plan.

Competency 1 – Competency Assessment

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Competency Statement Competency Learning Objectives (LO) Where you will

demonstrate your learning:

You will create a short-range strategic plan that focuses its analysis on organizational goals and the outsourcing of some IS or IT functions. You’ll create an IT department annual budget, including an executive summary that justifies the budget.

Competency 2 – Illustrate the integration between IT infrastructure, business process, and finance.

Learning Objective 9 – Analyze the reasons why organizations decide to expand globally.

Learning Objective 10 – Explain the challenges of outsourcing.

Learning Objective 11 – Explain IT’s role in planning, creating, and executing a technology budget based on a company’s strategic plan.

Learning Objective 12 – Link short-term and long-term strategic controls used by senior management.

Learning Objective 13 – Create a technology budget based on a company’s strategic plan.

Competency 2 – Competency Assessment

You will author an intermediate strategic plan that manages an upcoming acquisition and merger. You’ll write a long-range strategic plan focused on creating a culture of innovation that will lead to organizational success.

Competency 3 – Explain IT’s role in the strategic planning process.

Learning Objective 14 – Analyze risks associated with strategic IT planning.

Learning Objective 15 – Explain the role of senior management in enterprise IT projects.

Learning Objective 16 – Create an intermediate strategic IS plan that maps an IT strategy to stated business goals.

Learning Objective 17 – Analyze the role of IT innovation in strategic planning.

Learning Objective 18 – Analyze how to implement an IT innovation strategy.

Learning Objective 19 – Analyze the role of IT in addressing enterprise application challenges.

Learning Objective 20 – Propose technology innovations in long-term strategic planning to drive business success

Competency 3 – Competency Assessment

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Materials Textbook Peppard, J. & Ward, J. (2016). The strategic management of information systems: Building a digital strategy. (4th ed.). Wiley.  

Course Overview

Competency Activities Assessment

Competency 1 – Strategic IS Planning

Overview, Assignment Information, Assessment Rubric

Learning Resources – The Role of Information Systems (IS) Business Planning in the Organization

• The Strategic Management of Information Systems: Building a Digital Strategy, Ch. 1

• The Strategic Management of Information Systems: Building a Digital Strategy, Ch. 6, sections: Value Chain Analysis – Summary, pages 220-248

• The Five Forces - website • Building an IT Strategic Plan by Jason

Edleman from Pluralsight • Creating Your IT Strategy by Peter High from

LinkedIn Learning®

Learning Resources – IT Infrastructure and Business Processes

• The Strategic Management of Information Systems: Building a Digital Strategy, Ch. 2

• The Strategic Management of Information Systems: Building a Digital Strategy, Ch. 11, pages 396-433

• Aligning IT and Business Strategies” by Casey Ayers from Pluralsight

Competency 1 – Reflection

Competency 1 –Assessment

Competency 2 – Strategic Planning and Integrating IT Infrastructure, Business Process, and Finance

Overview, Assignment Information, Assessment Rubric

Learning Resources – IT External Environment

• The Strategic Management of Information Systems: Building a Digital Strategy, Ch. 3

• The Strategic Management of Information Systems: Building a Digital Strategy, Ch. 11, pages 434-440

• 5 Benefits of International Expansion, website • Chief Technology Officer Career Guide from

LinkedIn Learning® • Security Outsourcing: Vendor Selection and

Management from LinkedIn Learning® • Out of India (Outsourcing), University Library • Rhapsody International Streams European

Expansion, University Library

Learning Resources – IT Finance and Long-Term Strategy

• The Strategic Management of Information Systems: Building a Digital Strategy, Ch. 9

Competency 2 – Reflection

Competency 2 –Assessment

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Competency Activities Assessment

• CSF Approach for IT Strategic Planning, University Library

• Excel: Creating Business Budgets by Josh Rischin from LinkedIn Learning®

Competency 3 – Strategic Planning and IT’s Role

Overview, Assignment Information, Assessment Rubric

Learning Resources – Mergers, Acquisitions, Risk, and Project Management

• The Strategic Management of Information Systems: Building a Digital Strategy, Ch. 10

Learning Resources – IT Innovation and Implementation

• The Strategic Management of Information Systems: Building a Digital Strategy, Ch. 8

• The Strategic Management of Information Systems: Building a Digital Strategy, Ch. 12

• The Mediating Role of Supply Chain Collaboration on the Relationship between Information Technology and Innovation, University Library

• IT Innovation: What It Is and How to Get More of It by David Chappell from Pluralsight

Competency 3– Reflection

Competency 3 –Assessment

Competency 1, 2, & 3 Final Course Reflection