RESEARCH INSTRUMENT FOR THE MEASUREMENT OF FACILITATORS FOR ENHANCING SISP SUCCESS AND DYNAMIC CAPABILITIES

Strategic Information Systems Planning (SISP) has been recognized as one of the most essential tasks for better management and supporting strategic use of IS/IT in the current dynamic and increasingly digitalized environments. However, undertaking SISP is difficult, because organisations need to take multiple planning perspectives, including managerial, environmental and organisational perspectives all at the same time. To achieve and sustain organisational performance and competitive advantage, various facilitators affecting successful undertaking of SISP process, and the relationship regarding the facilitators and SISP success, need to be well identified and understood. The relevant SISP facilitators are selected to enhance SISP success and to improve dynamic capabilities. This paper proposes a model to show the relationship between six critical facilitators and SISP success. This research intends to undertake the survey of top 1,000 Korean large organisations to examine the relationships and test the proposed research hypothesis. A pilot study was carried out to confirm the adequacy and reliability of the research instrument, which final items are presented in this paper

Aligning global business information with ERP systems for improved performance

This paper is a discussion of research on the co-alignment of enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems capabilities and global business information requirements for improved performance. It is based on Structural Equation Modelling (SEM) analysis to establish that if these two constructs (ERP systems capabilities and global business information requirements) are co-aligned, improved global business performance is achieved. Research undertaken in this paper is based on a survey of global businesses that have implemented ERP systems. It extends the extant IT/IS alignment theories to ERP/Global business information requirements alignment. It makes an important contribution to the global business management information literature, by identifying and validating a set of important global business information requirements. This research also makes a novel contribution to the ERP systems literature by establishing a set of ERP systems capabilities that are useful for managing global business information requirements.<br /

A FRAMEWORK FOR INVESTIGATING THE IMPACT OF INFORMATION SYSTEMS CAPABILITY ON STRATEGIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS PLANNING OUTCOMES

The Strategic Information Systems Planning (SISP) process is critical for ensuring the effectiveness of the contribution of Information Technology (IT)/Information Systems (IS) to the organisation. A sophisticated SISP process can greatly increase the chances of positive planning outcomes. While effective IS capabilities are seen as crucial to an organisation’s ability to generate IT-enabled competitive advantages, there exists a gap in the understanding of the IS competencies which contribute to the forming of an effective SISP capability. In light of these gaps, this study investigates how do IS competencies impact the SISP process, and its outcomes? To address this question, a model for investigating the impact of IS collaboration and IS personnel competencies on the SISP process is proposed. Further research is planned to undertake a survey of top Australian organisations in industries characterised by high IT innovation and competition, to test the proposed model and hypotheses

Meeting Global Business Information Requirements with Enterprise Resource Planning Systems

The number companies operate on a global scale is on the rise seeking profitable business opportunities in the global arena. Global businesses have unique information requirements due to the integrated businesses activities in geographically dispersed business units, sourcing up to date consolidated information from numerous business processes, operating in different time zones and managing globally dispersed supply chains. Enterprise resource planning systems (ERP) are widely adopted by global businesses to meet their information requirements. This research explores the co-alignment of ERP systems capabilities to global business information requirements for improved financial, customer, learning & growth and internal business process performance outcomes. It also identified that the organization size and globalization history have an impact on global business performance

The development of an evaluation model of e-commerce websites for the Taiwanese airline industry

The ‘SISP community’ is an evolving environment, which generally learns from the past. However, the lesson that top management commitment is a key determinant of SISP success has not been learnt. Regardless of the industry type or size, a lack of real commitment from senior management is still the main reason for the SISP formulation and implementation failure. The study introduces the SISP Stakeholders’ Designation construct to analyze commitment and participation of the available SISP resources in the light of maximising success of SISP. Also the association between organisational learning and management commitment to SISP is examined. A postal survey of top management from 260 Australian companies revealed that obtaining high-level stakeholder engagement is critical to SISP success. The study presents optimal roles and level of engagement for the SISP Stakeholders’ Designation. It was found that if every managerial stakeholder’s designation is committed to SISP in all its phases it may result in wasting of valuable time and resources. The findings point to SISP learning reviews as a significant antecedent for managerial commitment to SISP

A Conceptual Framework for Assessing Strategic Information Systems Planning (SISP) Success in the Current Dynamic Environments

Within the current dynamic, increasingly globalized and digitalized environments, Strategic Information Systems Planning (SISP) is recognized as one of the most important tasks for better management and supporting strategic use of IS/IT. However, undertaking SISP process in today’s dynamic environments is difficult because organisations need to consider and take multiple planning perspectives, including managerial, environmental and organisational factors simultaneously, not to deal with only one important perspective. To facilitate organisational performance and sustain competitive advantage through SISP success, various factors and their relationship regarding SISP success, organisational performance and competitive advantage need to be well identified and understood. This paper proposes a model to show relationship between seven primary factors and SISP success; SISP success and its outcomes; and the factors and SISP’s outcomes. Further research is planned to undertake the survey of top 1,000 Korean large organisations to examine the relationships and test the proposed research hypothesis

AN EMPIRICAL STUDY OF LEAN AND AGILE INFLUENCES IN SOFTWARE CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT

Based on a web based survey of 158 IT software development practitioners, mostly from different organizations, this paper examines the application of Software Configuration Management (SCM) process in adaptable software development environments. From the literature review six independent variables and five dependent variables were derived to answer the research question “how does organization size impact on the usage of SCM process in adaptable software development environments?” The six hypotheses confirmed that organization size does not impact on the usage of SCM process in adaptable software development environments. Also, all sizes of organizations consider SCM process valuable and have similar software traceability approaches with different process formalities and tools sophistications. This study helps SCM practitioners to build a better understanding of the relationships between adaptable software development environment, lean principles and practices, and the tools and technologies established to facilitate the coexistence of Agile and SCM practices

Measurement of Determinants for Enhancing Strategic Information Systems Planning (SISP) Success and Dynamic Capabilities in South Korea

In the current dynamic and increasingly globalized environments, Strategic Information Systems Planning (SISP) has been regarded as one of the most important tasks for better management and supporting strategic use of IS/IT. To facilitate organisational performance and sustain competitive advantage, it is necessary for organisations to recognize the importance of considering various determinants to achieve SISP success, and understand how SISP success affects improving dynamic capabilities as the outcome of its success. This paper proposes a model to show the relationship among six determinants, SISP success and its outcomes. We collected a sample of 250 from large organisations in Korea through the survey and used structural equation modelling to validate the proposed model. The result suggests that the determinants positively affect SISP success and the SISP success influences improving the outcome of SISP success. Besides, there is a positive relationship among the determinants, SISP success and the outcome of its success. Key findings and implications are discussed

The Relationship between Strategic Information Systems Planning Facilitators and the Success of South Korean Organisations

Strategic Information Systems Planning (SISP) is an important activity for strategic use of IS/IT in today’s dynamic and increasingly digitalized organisations. However, SISP is not a very straight forward task as it entails simultaneous multiple planning views as well as changing environmental and organisational issues. Although SISP has been widely studied, to date theory on SISP facilitators remain sparse. Therefore the aim of this study is to explore SISP facilitators for sustainable organisational performance and a competitive advantage. This study explores the relationship between SISP facilitators, SISP success and the outcome of SISP in organisations. This study proposes a model indicating the relationship between facilitators of SISP success and organizational outcomes. By surveying a random sample of SISP experts in large South Korean organisations, and via SEM analysis, the relationship between SISP facilitators and outcomes has been determined. The outcome suggests that facilitators positively affect SISP success through improved business-IT strategic alignment and IS planning effectiveness. SISP success includes the achievement of dynamic capabilities and IT infrastructure flexibility. This study proves that a positive relationship among facilitators is essential for SISP and successful organizational outcome. This finding adds to the theory of SISP, and provides a guide to Information Systems planners and organizational managers