Creativity in the Information Systems Planning Process

2016 ◽  
pp. 243-261
Author(s):  
Vitor M. Santos ◽  
Luis Amaral ◽  
Henrique S. Mamede ◽  
Ramiro Gonçalves
Keyword(s):  
Information Systems ◽  
Competitive Advantage ◽  
Information Technologies ◽  
Planning Process ◽  
Requirements Elicitation ◽  
Global Competition ◽  
Public Organization ◽  
Systems Planning ◽  
Context Knowledge ◽  
Information Systems Planning

In face of growing global competition, the ability of organizations to effectively use information technologies to deliver innovation and creativity is widely recognized as an important competitive advantage. In this context, knowledge of how to apply creativity techniques to information systems planning becomes particularly relevant. This chapter presents a framework for the introduction of creativity in Information Systems Planning. The framework aims at promoting the development of innovative Information Systems, which traditional methods of requirements elicitation fail to address. Finally, we discuss how the framework was implemented at a public organization to identify information systems opportunities.

Information Systems Planning in Web 2.0 Era

2010 ◽  
pp. 289-312
Author(s):  
José Sousa
Keyword(s):  
Information Systems ◽  
Business Cycle ◽  
Web 2.0 ◽  
Early Development ◽  
Information Technologies ◽  
Information Access ◽  
Information Object ◽  
Systems Planning ◽  
Adoption And Implementation ◽  
Information Systems Planning

Since the early development in the 90's, organizations had been growing in a rapid way, becoming each more difficult to manage. Organization business cycle changed from 7 years in 1970-1980 to 12-18 months in the 90's, and is even shorter in our time. This addressed the organizations world to a new and complex reality. To be able to deal with this reality, organizations set a big pressure in information access and information turn out to be the most valuable organization asset. Nevertheless, this asset, the information object, has some main characteristics like, exists in larges quantities, has many different forms, is very volatile and it also must have confidentially, integrity and availability and all this together can be very hard to manage. It's clear that the management of this information reality is only possible with the adoption of information technologies and planning that adoption and implementation is a central need in order to get the correct solution for the organization ecosystem.

Assessment of Strategic Information Systems Planning (SISP) Techniques From Requirement View

2018 ◽  
pp. 59-75
Author(s):  
Abdullah M Basahel
Keyword(s):  
Information Systems ◽  
Planning Process ◽  
Global Dimension ◽  
Strategic Information ◽  
Strategic Information Systems ◽  
Strategic Information Systems Planning ◽  
Systems Planning ◽  
Planning Processes ◽  
Information Systems Planning

This study reviews Strategic Information Systems Planning (SISP) literature with a focus on the global dimension. The research evaluates SISP techniques against Information System (IS) strategic requirements. These techniques can be vital contributors in the IS Strategy (ISS) design process. Therefore, classification of the techniques of ISS planning is developed. Keeping in mind the global dimension, the planning team needs to identify how it can cluster the ISS requirements of an organisation. This may be achieved by analysing the benefits that can be obtained by IS for the organisation. The result of this research is the taxonomy of SISP techniques with a case study for X airlines. This classification can benefit the evaluation of ISS planning processes to support decision makers through the planning process.

Towards A Contingency Model for Assessing Strategic Information Systems Planning Success in Medium Enterprises

2018 ◽  
pp. 409-438
Author(s):  
Ray M Kekwaletswe
Keyword(s):  
Information Systems ◽  
Planning Process ◽  
Influential Factors ◽  
Strategic Information ◽  
Strategic Information Systems ◽  
Strategic Information Systems Planning ◽  
Systems Planning ◽  
Contingency Model ◽  
Medium Enterprises ◽  
Information Systems Planning

Strategic planning of information systems is vital in the business environment and this is still an open issue in the management information systems research. Through planning, organisations develop effective long-term use of information systems and subsequently ensuring the support of organisational objectives. This chapter develops a contingency model for measuring the success of strategic information systems planning in the context of medium enterprises. The contingency theory, as an analytical lens, advocates that organisational success can be achieved by matching organisational characteristics to the contextual factors. Drawing from this notion, this chapter postulates that the strategic information systems planning process, as a phase, may lead to successful planning. This relationship is moderated by contingency variables characterised by the presence of environmental uncertainty, organisational structure, government and policies, business strategy orientation and information systems maturity. This chapter studies the moderating role of contingency variables and identifies the influential factors and their effect.

Towards A Contingency Model for Assessing Strategic Information Systems Planning Success in Medium Enterprises

2015 ◽  
pp. 1-30
Author(s):  
Ray M Kekwaletswe
Keyword(s):  
Information Systems ◽  
Planning Process ◽  
Influential Factors ◽  
Strategic Information ◽  
Strategic Information Systems ◽  
Strategic Information Systems Planning ◽  
Systems Planning ◽  
Contingency Model ◽  
Medium Enterprises ◽  
Information Systems Planning

Strategic planning of information systems is vital in the business environment and this is still an open issue in the management information systems research. Through planning, organisations develop effective long-term use of information systems and subsequently ensuring the support of organisational objectives. This chapter develops a contingency model for measuring the success of strategic information systems planning in the context of medium enterprises. The contingency theory, as an analytical lens, advocates that organisational success can be achieved by matching organisational characteristics to the contextual factors. Drawing from this notion, this chapter postulates that the strategic information systems planning process, as a phase, may lead to successful planning. This relationship is moderated by contingency variables characterised by the presence of environmental uncertainty, organisational structure, government and policies, business strategy orientation and information systems maturity. This chapter studies the moderating role of contingency variables and identifies the influential factors and their effect.

Classification and Comparison of Strategic Information Systems Planning Methodologies

2014 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-10 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hadi Kandjani ◽  
Amir Mohtarami ◽  
Mohammad Reza Taghva ◽  
Amirhossein Eslami Andargoli
Keyword(s):  
Information Systems ◽  
Success Factors ◽  
Planning Process ◽  
Critical Issue ◽  
Success Factor ◽  
Strategic Information ◽  
Strategic Information Systems ◽  
Strategic Information Systems Planning ◽  
Systems Planning ◽  
Information Systems Planning

Strategic planning for information systems remains as one of the top concerns and continues to be a critical issue for many chief information officers and their organisations. Also, a comprehensive review of the recent information systems planning literature reveals that selecting a proper methodology used in developing an information systems plan is one of the success factors related to the success of the IS planning process. Although this individual success factor should have attracted more research and discussions, there have not been enough attempts to create a framework to compare and classify strategic information systems planning methodologies to select a proper method for a specific organisation with its unique requirements, hence a gap in literature. Therefore, the purpose of this paper is primarily to bridge this gap by proposing a conceptual framework to classify strategic information systems planning methodologies to choose the suitable methodology(ies) according to specific requirements of an organisation.

Assessment of Strategic Information Systems Planning (SISP) Techniques from Requirement View

2014 ◽  
pp. 278-294
Author(s):  
Abdullah M Basahel
Keyword(s):  
Information Systems ◽  
Planning Process ◽  
Global Dimension ◽  
Strategic Information ◽  
Strategic Information Systems ◽  
Strategic Information Systems Planning ◽  
Systems Planning ◽  
Planning Processes ◽  
Information Systems Planning

This study reviews Strategic Information Systems Planning (SISP) literature with a focus on the global dimension. The research evaluates SISP techniques against Information System (IS) strategic requirements. These techniques can be vital contributors in the IS Strategy (ISS) design process. Therefore, classification of the techniques of ISS planning is developed. Keeping in mind the global dimension, the planning team needs to identify how it can cluster the ISS requirements of an organisation. This may be achieved by analysing the benefits that can be obtained by IS for the organisation. The result of this research is the taxonomy of SISP techniques with a case study for X airlines. This classification can benefit the evaluation of ISS planning processes to support decision makers through the planning process.

Classification and Comparison of Strategic Information Systems Planning Methodologies

2016 ◽  
pp. 184-192
Author(s):  
Hadi Kandjani ◽  
Amir Mohtarami ◽  
Mohammad Reza Taghva ◽  
Amirhossein Eslami Andargoli
Keyword(s):  
Information Systems ◽  
Success Factors ◽  
Planning Process ◽  
Critical Issue ◽  
Success Factor ◽  
Strategic Information ◽  
Strategic Information Systems ◽  
Strategic Information Systems Planning ◽  
Systems Planning ◽  
Information Systems Planning

Strategic planning for information systems remains as one of the top concerns and continues to be a critical issue for many chief information officers and their organisations. Also, a comprehensive review of the recent information systems planning literature reveals that selecting a proper methodology used in developing an information systems plan is one of the success factors related to the success of the IS planning process. Although this individual success factor should have attracted more research and discussions, there have not been enough attempts to create a framework to compare and classify strategic information systems planning methodologies to select a proper method for a specific organisation with its unique requirements, hence a gap in literature. Therefore, the purpose of this paper is primarily to bridge this gap by proposing a conceptual framework to classify strategic information systems planning methodologies to choose the suitable methodology(ies) according to specific requirements of an organisation.

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