Strategy and Strategic Planning- SLP

Check out the website   http://www.entarga.com/stratplan/index.htm , which has a comprehensive review of strategic planning. The website is the brain-child of Dr. Ross A. Wirth, who has extensive experience in management consulting. However, the website is about general strategic planning, rather than IT planning. While you are learning from the website, you should consider the IT context. Here is a IT plan for the US Patent and Trademark office for 2010-2015.  https://www.uspto.gov/sites/default/files/about/offices/cio/ITP_Overview.pdf

· Do the general principles and strategies of strategic planning apply to IT planning? What may apply, what may not, and why?

Please write a 3-4 -page article to answer the above questions. You can start by pondering about what IT is so special that its planning differs from the general strategic planning. You can choose to either discuss comprehensively of many perspectives or focus on two or three main perspectives that strike you the most. Bring your own experiences to support your arguments. If you don't have any relevant experiences, ask your colleagues or those who handle strategic planning in your organization. You can also do some search on the Internet or at the Trident Online Library to find some references.

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