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Info Systems - Strategic Analysis

This document outlines an agenda for conducting an IS/IT strategic analysis of a company's current situation. It discusses examining the business strategy and current IS/IT requirements, understanding how IS/IT can support the business strategy, analyzing the existing IS/IT infrastructure, and techniques for assessment, including critical success factors, process effectiveness, and organizational models. The goal is to understand how well the current IS/IT aligns with business needs and where improvements could be made.

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Info Systems - Strategic Analysis

This document outlines an agenda for conducting an IS/IT strategic analysis of a company's current situation. It discusses examining the business strategy and current IS/IT requirements, understanding how IS/IT can support the business strategy, analyzing the existing IS/IT infrastructure, and techniques for assessment, including critical success factors, process effectiveness, and organizational models. The goal is to understand how well the current IS/IT aligns with business needs and where improvements could be made.

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IS/IT Strategic Analysis: Current Situation

Prof. Rushen Chahal

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Agenda
Business re-engineering and IS strategy Understanding the current IS/IT requirements Understanding IS/IT needs of the business strategy Examining current IS/IT supply Analysis techniques
Critical success factors Process effectiveness Organizational model Page 2

Business Re-engineering and IS Strategy


Re-engineering initiatives spring from business strategy IS demand supports business strategy Re-engineering needs IS/IT element Re-engineering and IS strategy forms potential models of the business

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Understanding the Current IS/IT Requirements - I


Business strategy analysis for information needs External environment, current and future business portfolio, and competitive strategy for IS/IT competitive contribution Critical success factor identification for finding the information change drivers

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Understanding the Current IS/IT Requirements - II


Current process effectiveness evaluation for IS/IT to improve the performance Internal and external value chain analysis for information flow and IS/IT opportunities Conceptual architecture of information and processes restructuring to reach IS/IT maximum contribution

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Understanding the Current IS/IT Requirements - III


Hardware and software functions for future plan migrating Current application portfolio evaluation for assessing contribution and potential IS/IT principles, organization, processes, services, and capabilities evaluation for meeting current and future business needs

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Understanding IS/IT Needs of Business Strategy - I


Information, system, and technology for
The achievement of the business objectives The measurement of the performance towards achieving the business objectives

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Understanding IS/IT Needs of Business Strategy - II


Internal business environment
Business strategy Current business processes, activities, and main information entities Organizational environment: structure, assets skills, values, style, culture, and relationship

External business environment


Opportunities

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Business Strategy - I
Components of business strategy
Mission: an unambiguous statement of what the business does and its long-term purpose Vision: an easy identify picture of what the business will be in the future, and how it will operate Goals: the set of major achievements that will accomplish the vision

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Business Strategy - II
Components of business strategy
Objectives: the targets (unambiguous and measurable) for accomplish the business vision Strategies: the methods to meet the business objectives Critical success factors (CSFs): a few areas have to be right in order for the business to flourish
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Business Strategy - III


Components of business strategy
Business drivers: a set of critical forces for the business to change Business area plans: document the response or information needs to the business strategy

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Business Process, Activities and Key Entities - I


Business processes: the sets of interlinked activities to deliver specific outputs to customers Activities: the elements of processes To produce, promote and distribute products or services To develop, support, and administer the infrastructure To measure the performance against objectives
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Business Process, Activities and Key Entities - II


Key entities: important data and information associated with business processes Models
Process flow models or process dependency charts Hierarchical activity models or functional decomposition diagrams Entity relationship models
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Business Process, Activities and Key Entities - III


Models
Data flow diagrams (DFDs) Activity/entity matrices Class diagram

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Examining Current IS/IT Supply - I


Objectives
Categorize in terms of strategic, high potential, key operational, and support Contribution to business needs Assessment of effectiveness, robustness, and unrealized potential Potential improvement Risks and opportunities Strength and weakness in terms of CSFs

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Examining Current IS/IT Supply - II


Evaluate:
Application portfolio and applications under development: content, coverage, and contribution Current databases and those under construction Users perception of the value of the portfolio Current infrastructure and IT supply provisions

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Examining Current IS/IT Supply - III


Evaluate
Current infrastructure and IT supply provisions
Current/previous strategy and policies IS/IT organization and processes Current assets, resources, and skills Methods and training provisions

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Analysis Techniques - I
Business strategic analysis CSF analysis SWOT analysis Business portfolio and competitive strategic analysis Value chain analysis Process effectiveness
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Analysis Techniques - II
Business process redesign Organizational modeling Business modeling-information analysis techniques Current portfolio evaluation Technology assessment and IS/IT infrastructure review

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Critical Success Factors - I


Levels
Industry Corporate Business unit or function Manger

Usages in management
IS opportunities to achieve Objectives Information needed by executives

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Critical Success Factors - II


Analysis process for IS requirements
Understand mission and objectives Determine CSF for each objective Conduct a SWOT on each CSF Consolidate across objectives and identify information dependencies Outline plan of IS requirements

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Critical Success Factors - III


Analysis process for executive information system
Understand mission and objectives Determine CSF for each objective Develop measures Guides for the executive information systems

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Process Effectiveness
Identify core processes Assess effectiveness of processes against their drivers Assess risks of not improving the processes Investigate urgency of opportunities for improvement Establish future vision of the business processes
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Organizational Model
The formal organizational arrangements Employees and other tangible assets Social structure Technology employed The external environment The dominant coalition The key processes
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Points to Remember
Business re-engineering and IS strategy Understanding the current IS/IT requirements Understanding IS/IT needs of the business strategy Examining current IS/IT supply Analysis techniques
Critical success factors Process effectiveness Organizational model Page 25

Questions
What are the critical success factors associated with an e-business? How do you conduct a strategic analysis for an e-business?

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