ISTM 3
ISTM 6251
Module 6
ISTM 6251 Summer 2016 GWU Module 6/6
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Strategic IS planning (and course review)
Alignment, strategic initiatives, unity of purpose
ISTM 6251 Summer 2016 GWU Module 6/6
Learning Objectives
To appreciate the significance of the strategic planning process
To evaluate strategic planning leading to value creation
To analyze information systems against their strategic value
To assess value creation techniques
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Agenda
The role of IT in value creation
Strategic planning
The ‘strategic grid”
Creating value
The wrap-up
Course review
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Creating Value with IT
ISTM 6251 Summer 2016 GWU Module 6/6
Strategic IS Planning Process
Strategic business planning
IS assessment
IS vision
IS Guidelines
Strategic Initiatives
An Iterative Process
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Strategic Grid
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ISTM 6251 Summer 2016 GWU Module 6/6
ISTM 6251 Summer 2016 GWU Module 6/6
The take-away…..
Information technology investments need to be made in the light of desired information systems
Evaluating the organizational strategy should lead to the development of appropriate information systems
Information systems can add value
Your challenge is to find them – first !
ISTM 6251 Summer 2016 GWU Module 6/6
Course Review
A consistent theme – value from information systems
New technologies will provide new opportunities and great disruption
Digital transformation will change our jobs
Sustainable competitive advantage
These technologies can have a big downside
It is how we manage the implementation of those technologies and manage the disruption that will determine our success.
ISTM 6251 Summer 2016 GWU Module 6/6
ISTM 6251 Summer 2016 GWU Module 6/6
Thank you …. I hope you have enjoyed this course (and the one before if you were part of it). More importantly, I hope you have found something useful in them. Best of luck for your future career!
Strategic Business Planning
Information Systems Assessment
Information Systems Vision
Information Systems Guidelines
Strategic Initiatives
Strategic
Business Planning
Information Systems
Assessment
Information Systems
Vision
Information Systems
Guidelines
Strategic Initiatives