ASPECTS OF IS STRATEGY

Two Main Aspects of IS Strategy Development and/or Implementation



Table of Contents

Introduction2

Literature Review2

IS Aspect 1: Life Cycle System Development6

Case Study 1: Danone's internet strategy8

Case Study 2: Novo Nordisk and its extraordinary results9

Discussion and Analysis10

IS Aspect 2: Method of Prototype Systems12

Case Study 1: The development strategy of Aida:14

Case Study 2: MAC Group Strategy and Solutions15

Discussion and Analysis15

Conclusion17

References19

Two Main Aspects of IS Strategy Development and/or Implementation

Introduction

The Information Systems (IS) Strategy is part of computer science strategy and shows how the corporate information system as part of corporate strategy should be positioned (alignment), which processes are supported and what the information system architecture is. The information system (IS) strategy indicates how the actual architecture of the target architecture is to be achieved and how the actual and desired architectural look. The information system (IS) strategy is aligned to a period of two to four years. The information system architecture is implemented in the context of projects. The information system architecture is a part of computer science strategy on all aspects of the use of the potentials of the incoming information and communication technology (Gable, 1998, Pp. 3-4).

The basic thrust of the information system (IS) strategy has changed a lot over the last ten years. Historically, it was seen as a tool to represent mainly the future information system landscape of a company. It was very forward looking and was partially removed much of the existing enterprise applications. Today there are numerous applications in almost all companies. If today in enterprise an information system (IS) strategy is created, the documentation of existing systems in terms of architecture is the first major challenge. Only when the architecture is developed, have been particularly what applications, processes which support can be in a next step, the target architecture and the path from actual to be developed.

This paper discusses information systems (IS) strategy development in a holistic context. In addition to this the paper discusses the two main aspects of IS strategy development, through the analysis of two case studies for each of the two main aspects.

Literature Review

An information system (IS) is a set of elements geared to the treatment and management of data and information organized and ready for later use, created to fill a need or objective. These elements form part of any of the following categories:

People

Data

Activities or work techniques

Material resources in general (usually computing and communication resources, but not necessarily).

All these elements interact to process the data (including manual and automated processes) and give rise to information more elaborate, distributed in the most appropriate way possible in a given organization, depending on your goals.

Usually the term is used incorrectly as being synonymous with computerized information system, partly because in most cases the material resources of an information system are constituted almost entirely by computer systems. Strictly speaking, an information system need not have such resources (although in practice this does not usually happen). One could say then that the computer information systems are a subclass or a subset of information systems in ...