1. 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

2. MBS (BIS) / 6003 / Strategic Planning for Information Systems IS6003 Strategic Planning for Information Systems Monday 13.00 - 15.00 pm, Connolly Lecturers : Dr. Tom Butler & Fergal Carton Alternate weeks with each lecturer Start Monday 4 th October: Fergal Carton

3. MBS (BIS) / 6003 / Strategic Planning for Information Systems Lecturer contact details Name: Dr. Tom Butler Phone: 021-490 3340 Office:Room 2.117, O’Rahilly Building E-mail: tbutler@afis.ucc.ie Web: http://afis.ucc.ie/tbutler/ Name: Fergal Carton Phone: 021-490 3734 Office:Room 2.113, O’Rahilly Building E-mail: f.carton@ucc.ie Web: http://afis.ucc.ie/fcarton/default.htm University College Cork Coláiste na hOllscoile Corcaigh

4. 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).

5. MBS (BIS) / 6003 / Strategic Planning for Information Systems

6. Opposing views of IT function Business Executives view of IT –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

7. 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?

8. MBS (BIS) / 6003 / Strategic Planning for Information Systems Why is planning important? 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

9. 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

10. 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)

11. 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

12. 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

13. 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

14. 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)

15. MBS (BIS) / 6003 / Strategic Planning for Information Systems Marking scheme A consulting assignment, 1 st term –(worth 20%) A business report, 2 nd term –(worth 20%) Written exam, May / June –(worth 60%)

16. 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

17. 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

18. MBS (BIS) / 6003 / Strategic Planning for Information Systems Recommended text Strategic Planning for Information Systems –(2 nd edition 1996) Author : John Ward & Pat Griffiths Publisher : Wiley In Library Ref. 658.4 WARD

19. 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 (5 th edition, 1999)

20. MBS (BIS) / 6003 / Strategic Planning for Information Systems Reading for 18 th Oct 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