ITM 501 Case

Relationship between Business Strategy and IT Strategy

The relationship between a business and its IT resources extends far beyond the use of IT as a mere tool in proper execution of business operations . Instead , both are linked deeply . The relationship starts with the alignment of Corporate Strategic Planning (CSP ) with Information Systems Planning (ISP

Determining an entity 's mission and goals and developing competitive strategies to meet those goals is CSP . This is an iterative procedure ISP is a systematic way of establishing the information needs of an organization . ISP also

includes developing systems , technologies and databases once these needs are known . ISP is successful only when it is done keeping in mind the mission , goals and competitive strategy determined through CSP (Hoffer , George , and Valacich , 1994

The processes of CSP and ISP run parallel and involve three steps First , current organizational position is described along with the current IS processes , data , human resource and technological inventory Secondly , the desired future state of organization is determined . This simultaneously yields required future IS situation . Third step is to develop a strategic plan to achieve the envisioned future state . ISP plays a crucial role by identifying the schedule of projects to undertake to bring IS situation in line with corporate position (Hoffer George , and Valacich , 1994 . With this framework laid out , we will answer the questions about Lowry 's dream of collaborative computing and the concept of B2B exchange

Were there problems with strategy formulation

In case of collaborative computing , the strategy...