Paper Info
Title
How useful are strategic plans for information systems?
Abstract
Although much research has been done in the area of strategic planning for information systems (IS), relatively less research has focused on the output of the IS planning process, namely, the IS plan. This paper examines the usefulness of IS plans through a field survey of 136 IS executives. Results indicate that IS plans are generally perceived to be useful for supporting business objectives, improving systems integration, exploiting information technology (IT) for competitive advantage, and prioritising IS development projects. Conversely, IS plans are perceived to be less useful for clarifying the role of IS, evaluating IS performance, anticipating surprises and crisis, and adapting to unanticipated situations. Implications of these results are discussed.
Year
DOI
Venue
2000
10.1080/01449290050086381
BEHAVIOUR & INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
Field
DocType
Volume
Information system,Information technology,Computer science,Competitive advantage,Knowledge management,Systems design,Planning process,Business objectives,Strategic planning,System integration
Journal
19
Issue
ISSN
Citations 
4
0144-929X
17
PageRank 
References 
Authors
0.78
15
2
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Thompson S. H. Teo, James S. K. Ang1170.78
JAMES S. K. ANG215012.04