Transcript Course Outline

Strategic Planning for
Information Systems
(IS 6003)
Masters in Business Information Systems 2004 / 2005
Programme in Professional Information System Practices
Dr. Tom Butler / Fergal Carton
Business Information Systems
IS6003 Strategic Planning for
Information Systems
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Monday 13.00 - 15.00 pm, Connolly
Lecturers : Dr. Tom Butler & Fergal Carton
Alternate weeks with each lecturer
Start Monday 4th October: Fergal Carton
MBS (BIS) / 6003 / Strategic Planning for Information Systems
Lecturer contact details
Name:
Phone:
Office:
E-mail:
Web:
Dr. Tom Butler
021-490 3340
Room 2.117, O’Rahilly Building
[email protected]
http://afis.ucc.ie/tbutler/
Name:
Phone:
Office:
E-mail:
Web:
Fergal Carton
021-490 3734
Room 2.113, O’Rahilly Building
[email protected]
http://afis.ucc.ie/fcarton/default.htm
University College Cork
Coláiste na hOllscoile Corcaigh
MBS (BIS) / 6003 / Strategic Planning for Information Systems
Course Objective
To provide students with a grounding in
strategic planning and how businesses in
today’s networked economy plan for and
manage their investments in Information
and Communication Technologies (ICT).
MBS (BIS) / 6003 / Strategic Planning for Information Systems
MBS (BIS) / 6003 / Strategic Planning for Information Systems
Opposing views of IT function
• Business Executives
view of IT
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Apprehensive
Technocracy
New feature focus
Little relevance to real
world
• IT executives view of
Business
– Short-sighted
– Lacking in vision
– Unwilling to exploit IT
Increasingly complex IT, rapidly changing economy
MBS (BIS) / 6003 / Strategic Planning for Information Systems
2 basic questions
In a networked economy:
• How to plan and prioritise ICT investments?
• How to manage ICT operations?
MBS (BIS) / 6003 / Strategic Planning for Information Systems
Why is planning important?
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IT tends to evolve, not follow a plan
Difficult to align IT to corporate goals
Perception of poor “value” from IT
IT considered “too operational”
IT can constrain as well as enable
IT considered a major driver of cost
MBS (BIS) / 6003 / Strategic Planning for Information Systems
Consulting Practice
• Typical consulting assignments:
– Select and justify investment in new s/w
– Improve IT planning process
– Advise on IT cost reduction costs
– Develop requirements for new system
– Build business case for new system
MBS (BIS) / 6003 / Strategic Planning for Information Systems
Hidden agenda?
“One reason, then, that we expect top
acceptance of information technology is its
implicit promise to allow the top to control
the middle just as Taylorism allowed the
middle to control the bottom.”
Leavitt and Whisler (1958)
MBS (BIS) / 6003 / Strategic Planning for Information Systems
Topics covered
Introduction to Strategic Planning
Impact of IT on Strategic Decision Making
Networked business models
Knowledge – the new strategic resource
Building networked businesses: capabilities
Networked infrastructure and operations
Organising and leading the IT function
MBS (BIS) / 6003 / Strategic Planning for Information Systems
Other research themes
Centralising decision making and standardising processes
Knowledge – the new strategic resource
Open Source software and ICT strategy
Use of analytical tools in ICT planning
Current research perspectives on the value of ICT
MBS (BIS) / 6003 / Strategic Planning for Information Systems
Case study approach
• Work in groups or individually
• Simulates consulting assignments
• Facilitates presentation / debate of findings
• Practical evaluations will be partly case based
MBS (BIS) / 6003 / Strategic Planning for Information Systems
Case study example
• IT Strategy for UCC
– Meeting to discuss the structure the project team
– 3 roles
• Computer Center
• Consultant
• Users (Finance Office)
– Prepare meeting agenda (one slide each)
MBS (BIS) / 6003 / Strategic Planning for Information Systems
Marking scheme
• A consulting assignment, 1st term
– (worth 20%)
• A business report, 2nd term
– (worth 20%)
• Written exam, May / June
– (worth 60%)
MBS (BIS) / 6003 / Strategic Planning for Information Systems
Required text
• Corporate Information Strategy & Management
– 6th edition, 2003
• Authors :
– Lynda M. Applegate
– Robert D. Austin
– F. Warren McFarlan
• Publisher : McGraw Hill
MBS (BIS) / 6003 / Strategic Planning for Information Systems
Recommended text
• Strategic Management and Information Systems
– 2nd edition, 1997
• Author : Wendy Robson
• Publisher : Pitman Publishing
• In Library Ref. 658.4 ROBS
MBS (BIS) / 6003 / Strategic Planning for Information Systems
Recommended text
• Strategic Planning for Information Systems
– (2nd edition 1996)
• Author : John Ward & Pat Griffiths
• Publisher : Wiley
• In Library Ref. 658.4 WARD
MBS (BIS) / 6003 / Strategic Planning for Information Systems
Recommended text
• Exploring Corporate Strategy (Text and Cases)
– 6th edition, 2002
• Author :
Gerry Johnson & Kevan Scholes
• Publisher : Prentice Hall
• In Library Ref. 658.4 JOHN (5th edition, 1999)
MBS (BIS) / 6003 / Strategic Planning for Information Systems
Reading for
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• Corporate Information Strategy & Management
– 6th edition, 2003, Lynda M. Applegate, Robert D.
Austin, F. Warren McFarlan
– Introduction: Challenges of managing in a networked
economy (pp 1-22)
• Carr, Nicholas G. (2003), IT Doesn’t Matter,
Harvard Business Review, May
MBS (BIS) / 6003 / Strategic Planning for Information Systems