CS 4251 Strategic Planning for Information Systems Dr

CS 4251 Strategic Planning for Information Systems Dr. Bernard Tan School of Computing National University of Singapore Academic Year 2002 -2003 Semester 1 Department Head Office: S 16 05 -10; Phone: 6874 -4717 Personal Office: SOC 1 05 -24; Phone: 6874 -6868; Email: btan@comp. nus. edu. sg 1

Course Schedule • • • 30 Jul 2002 to 29 Oct 2002 Lectures on Tue morning Tutorials on Thu afternoon and Fri Presentations on Tue morning Group projects (60% of course grade) Examination (40% of course grade) on Wed 20 Nov 2002 (morning) 2

Course Objectives • Learn how IT can change industries, markets, and organizations • Learn how organizations can use IT to gain and sustain competitive advantage • Learn how planning tools can be used to identify strategic IS • Learn how resources can be managed to facilitate delivery of strategic IS 3

Course Materials • Textbook – – – Title: Strategic Planning for Information Systems Authors: John Ward and Joe Peppard Year: 2002 (Third Edition) Publisher: John Wiley and Sons ISBN: 0 -470 -84147 -8 • Two cases for group project 1 • Additional papers for group project 2 4

Course Outline 1. Role of IS in organizations 2. Business planning issues 3. IS planning issues 4. Determining current IS needs 5. Determining future IS potential 6. Determining IS strategy 5

Course Outline 7. Managing applications portfolio 8. Managing human resources 9. Managing financial resources 10. Managing information resources 11. Managing applications development 12. Trends affecting IS planning 6

Group Project 1 • 15% of course grade • Cases provided (British Petroleum and International Enterprise Singapore) with additional materials on websites (www. bp. com and www. iesingapore. com) • Use business and IS planning tools to identify strategic IS for one organization • Report due 2 Sep 2002 at 12 noon (max 5 pages) – Highlight the planning tools used – List the strategic IS identified • Presentation on 17 Sep 2002 and 24 Sep 2002 (max 15 minutes) 7

Group Project 2 • 45% of course grade • Review and synthesize the literature on latest business and IS developments that can potentially affect business and IS planning in organizations • Report due 14 Oct 2002 at 12 noon (max 20 pages) – Thorough review on one topic – Constructive synthesis of key issues – Attach the 5 most important papers reviewed • Presentation on 15 Oct 2002 and 22 Oct 2002 (max 15 minutes) 8

Group Project 2 • Possible topics • Discuss and interpret latest trends pertaining to the following issues that affect IS planning: – Managing global virtual teams – Managing customer relationships – Managing knowledge resources – Managing learning organizations – Managing emerging technologies – Managing unique Internet opportunities 9

Course Philosophy • Content-based learning – Focuses on subject matter knowledge – Covers contemporary planning tools – Assessed through examination • Process-based learning – Focuses on self-learning skills – Covers latest IT trends and practices – Assessed through group projects 10