IT strategy Implementation Framework – Bridging Enterprise Architecture and IT Governance

It’s increasingly acknowledged that firms cannot be competitive if their IT strategies are not implemented methodically. A number of proposals have been made to prioritize strategic IT plan executions and determine the most appropriate models and architectures. While IT governance primarily focuses on day-to-day IT operations, enterprise architecture primarily focuses on designing the future state of architecture in support of business. Despite still being a major concern for business and IT executives, there is little published research that bridges both and therefore attempts to give methodological support from a holistic perspective. Additionally it seems that governance needs to be investigated in terms of implementing IT strategies on different levels of abstraction. This article therefore proposes a framework to analyze institutions and guide ITstrategy implementation in order to analyze, monitor and control the desired results. Due to the underlying theories and applied interviews the model is potentially generalizable

Information strategy – research and reality

Strategic information planning and its output, the information strategy, are relevant topics in practice as well as in research. However, current research provides neither a clear nor a consistent picture regarding the concept of information strategy. While unsatisfactory in itself, research in such a state probably also fails to provide practitioners with guidance in developing information strategies. Since practitioners nevertheless widely discuss about information strategy e.g. in practitioner magazines and conferences, the question arises how practitioners understand information strategy. In exploratory interviews, we confirmed a disconnection between research and practice and identified five types of information strategy concepts: Information strategy is understood as a binding guideline, a departmental plan, a change agenda, the market strategy of the IT department or as a set of business unit overarching IT issues. The value of analysing these concepts in practice lies in revealing reasons for the disconnection between research and reality as well as potentially providing a fresh impetus for information strategy research in order to eventually improve the discontenting state of research

Evaluating Strategic Information Systems Planning (SISP) performance among Malaysian government agencies using organizational learning‐based model

Previous strategic information systems planning (SISP) studies have highlighted that an ideal SISP practice should emphasise on organisational learning (OL) in their SISP approach. Surprisingly, studies focusing on the extent of OL and its contextual factors are lacking. This study aims to develop and validate a model for evaluating SISP performance in the Malaysian government agencies from OL perspective. For this purpose, an SISP performance model was developed based on the absorptive capacity theory where SISP is viewed as a learning process instead of planning process. The theoretical assumption is that the quality of SISP contextual factors will influence the extent of SISP learning which eventually will influence the SISP success. The contextual factors are SISP climate, consultant expertise and CIO capability. Meanwhile, the SISP learning factors comprise of shared ICT/business knowledge and SISP process effectiveness with SISP success as the SISP performance measurement. 706 questionnaires were sent to 234 selected government agencies in Malaysia. Only 27% of the government officers responded to the questionnaire meets the criteria of this study. Measurements were initially validated using SPSS. Subsequent confirmation on the measurements and structural validity were done by adopting the Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) analyses using AMOS. The results of this study demonstrated that the hypothesised SISP performance model adequately fits the sample data which assumed the model is acceptable. Generally, the findings of this study indicated that higher level of SISP climate, consultant expertise and CIO capability positively influence the extent of SISP learning factors and later influence the SISP success. In determining the SISP success, this study revealed that it is crucial for the Malaysian government agencies to identify appropriate SISP team members based on their knowledge, skill and attitude to promote conducive SISP learning climate for effective SISP decision making

Conceptualization of Strategic Information Systems Planning (SISP) success model in public sector: an absorptive capacity approach

The rapid changes in information technology (IT) and business environment have challenged the organizational capabilities in planning the appropriate information systems/information technology (IS/IT) strategies for organizations. With SISP consistently remains as one of the top managerial concerns, there is a need to find ways to improve SISP. Based on this scenario, the role of knowledge and knowledge based processes should be the central focus in SISP. Therefore, some studies have suggested that SISP process should be viewed as a learning process rather than a problem solving process. As a learning process, SISP success can be determined by how much impact the SISP practice has influenced on information system (IS) planners’ thinking and actions. In this case, knowledge capacity absorbed from SISP experience reflects a certain level of organizational learning (OL) or capability is achieved which later influences the SISP success. However, SISP study from this perspective is lacking. Synthesizing from the literature, this paper proposes a conceptual framework based on absorptive capacity model for an SISP success model in the public sector

Towards a Comprehensive Model of Information Strategy

Strategic information planning is an important topic in practice as well as in research. Work so far has focused mainly on the planning process itself rather than on the actual information strategy as its output. The paper points out different approaches to substantiating the concept of information strategy with perhaps the most advanced approach being the system of plans approach. However, existing approaches are not satisfactory regarding their structure, completeness and rationales. We propose a more comprehensive model of information strategy that is argued to overcome the deficiencies of the existing approaches. Our model introduces the concepts of information infrastructure and information function. It helps to clarify ongoing discussions devoted to information strategy as a functional departmental strategy, to strategic alignment as well as to the role of the CIO and allows the integration of separate views on information strategy from different discipline

Hubung kait antara amalan perancangan strategik sistem maklumat (PSSM) dan prestasi agensi kerajaan di Malaysia: Kesan penyederhana konteks PSSM dan pendekatan PSSM

Strategic information system planning (SISP) as a management practice and process helps organizations to identify as well as selecting suitable computer- based systems for improving their organizational performance. Although, as an area of study, SISP has gained much attention among academics and practitioners, research that focuses on SISP in government agencies has not been emphasized. Given the limited number of studies on SISP in government agencies, this study initiated an attempt to investigate SISP among government agencies in Malaysia. The objectives of this study were to determine the relationship between SISP practices and performance of government agencies as well as to determine whether SISP contexts and SISP approaches moderate the relationship between SISP practices and performance of government agencies. More specifically, the study adopted the contingency framework to examine the moderating effects of SISP contexts and SISP approaches on the relationship between SISP practices and performance of government agencies in Malaysia. Questionnaires were sent to 254 government agencies that were registered with the Malaysian Administrative Modernization and Management Planning Unit (MAMPU). Descriptive analysis, Pearson correlation, and multiple and hierarchical regressions were used to analyze the data. Based on the analyses of the data obtained from the respondents, the results of the study indicated positive relationships between SISP practices and performance of the government agencies. Furthermore, the results also showed that SISP contexts and SISP approaches moderate the relationship between SISP practices and performance of the government agencies. The findings of this study appear to support the notion that SISP practices are related to the performance of government agencies. The association between SISP practices and the performance of government agencies as well as the moderating effects of SISP contexts and SISP approaches further suggests implications to practitioners, policy - makers and government agencie