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1、AU5073_book.fmcopyPage39Tuesday,September13,200511:36AMChapter3ThePlanningProcessBeholdtheturtle.Hemakesprogressonlywhenhestickshisneckout.—JamesBryantConant(1893–1978)Americanchemist,diplomat,andeducatorPlanningComponentsWhatarethebasiccomponentsofastrategicplan?Althoughthe
2、ISstrategicplandiffersfromabusinessplaninmanyways,thereareseveralsimilarconceptstokeepinmind:Identificationofwhereyouaretoday:Assesstheenvironmenttoanswerthequestion,“Wherearewenow?”InanISstrategicplan,thisincludeslookinginternallyandexternallyfromtheperspectiveofboththebusin
3、essaswellasIS.Anexternalviewwillanswerthequestions“Whatispossible?”and“Whatarethebestpractices?”BecausethebusinessmustdriveIS,youmustunderstandthoroughlythebusinessobjectivesandchallengesinadditiontowhereISarecurrently.Identificationofwhereyouwanttobeinthefuture:Throughthepla
4、nningprocess,developthevisionandstrategytoanswerthequestion“Wheredowewanttobe?”InanISstrategicplan,answerthequestionfrombothabusinessandanISperspective.ThefuturebusinessdirectionmustbethemaindeterminantinsettingtheISdirection.39©2006byTaylor&FrancisGroup,LLCAU5073_book.fmcop
5、yPage40Tuesday,September13,200511:36AM40APracticalGuidetoInformationSystemsStrategicPlanningSituationAnalysis:Descriptionofwherewearetoday,internalandexternal,businessandISGapAnalysisStrategyFormulation:Descriptionofwherewewanttobe,businessandISStrategyImplementation:Plansh
6、owwearegoingtogettherefromanISstandpointFigure3.1PlancomponentsFutureBusinessOperatingVisionISMission,GoalsCurrentSystemAssessmentISStrategiesComputingArchitectureFigure3.2PlandevelopmentIdentificationoftheISgapbetweenwhereyouareandwhereyouwanttobeinthefutureIdentificationofho
7、wtogettowhereyouwanttobeinthefuture:Developaplantoanswerthequestion“Howwillwegetthere?”Figure3.1depictsthecomponentsofplanning.Theplanbeginswithunderstandingthefuturebusinessoperatingvision.ThebusinessoperatingvisionbecomesthebasisfortheISmission,objectives,strategies,andtec
8、hnicalcomputingarchitecture.Assessthecurrentsystemsbycomparingthesystemstot
