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"Accessibility and clarity of purpose maintained throughout."
Journal of Information Technology

"Clear, practical, comprehensive."
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"A clear exposition of the impact that IS has had on business performance."
Long Range Planning

"Lucid analysis."
Computer Weekly

Strategic Planning for Information Systems (3rd Edition) explores the impact that Information Systems (IS) have on business performance and the contribution IS makes to the strategic development of organizations. It describes IS tools, techniques and management frameworks – all of which identify opportunities for strategic thinking, and shows how IS is an indispensable component in the implementation of a strategic plan.

Since the earlier edition of Strategic Planning for Information Systems, much has changed in the way business is organized. However, the essence of the book remains the same – it is a practical and comprehensive book written in a clear and straightforward way. This new edition focuses more on strategic management of IS than on the progress made in recent years in either technology or business processes. This 3rd edition is substantially updated and illustrated with new cases material and examples. Additional material will cover the role of ecommerce, knowledge management and benefits management systems. This book will also show why Information Systems and Information Technology investment works for some organizations and not for others.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #36104 in Books
• Published on: 2002-06-27
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Hardcover
• 640 pages

From the Inside Flap
Building on the success of past editions, Strategic Planning for Information Systems considers both the implications of the developments in IS/IT and the most useful aspects of recent thinking and experiences concerning IS/IT strategic management. Topics covered now include:
∗ New developments in strategic management
∗ The Internet, e–commerce and e–business
∗ Outsourcing, including web services and Application Service Providers
∗ Knowledge management
∗ Enterprise systems
∗ Investment appraisal and business benefits delivery
∗ Managing the IT infrastructure and the supply of IS services
∗ Organising and resourcing the IS function
∗ Building relationships between business and IT management
∗ Developing an IS capability

From the Back Cover
Strategic Planning for Information Systems explores the impact that information systems (IS) and information technology (IT) have on business performance and the contribution that they make to the strategic options of organisations. It describes tools, techniques and management frameworks to both align strategies for IS and IT with business strategy, as well as seek out new opportunities through innovative deployment of technology.

This book demonstrates why strategic planning for information systems is essential to organisational success, especially in times of increasingly rapid change. Over the long term any organisation will get the information systems it deserves, according to the approach adopted to the use and management of IS/IT. To obtain the whole range of benefits available from IS/IT and avoid the potential pitfalls, every organisation must establish the means to manage IS/IT as an integral part of its approach to strategic management.

In the six years since the second edition of Strategic Planning for Information Systems, much has changed in the way business is organised and in the importance of IS for competitive strategies. However, the essence of the book remains the same – it is a practical and comprehensive book written in a clear and straightforward way. The new edition introduces more approaches and techniques to aid in developing and implementing strategies – to enable management and IS/IT professionals to identify what needs to be done and how best to do it.

About the Author
JOHN WARD is Professor of Strategic Information Systems and Director of the Information Systems Research Centre at Cranfield University, School of Management. Before joining Cranfield in 1984, he worked in industry for 15 years and he currently acts as a consultant to a number of major organisations. He has served two terms as President of the UK Academy for Information Systems and been a member of its board since its establishment in 1994.

DR JOE PEPPARD is Senior Research Fellow at Cranfield School of Management where he researches and teaches in the area of information systems and technology strategy and management. A former Irish international athlete, he is also a Director of Fineos Corporation, a leading solutions provider to the global financial services industry.

Customer Reviews

Interesting but stating the obvious far too many times..
After having used this book as a reference in an IT strategy course at University level I have mixed feelings about the book. The book does give you an extensive amount of strategic advice. However one does not have to be an IT strategy specialist to understand facts such as : You need to know the situation of today before planning future changes to systems or organizations. Quite frankly this book seems promising when reading the introduction,but the language used is far too academic and i.e the use of difficult expressions to convey more or less obvious facts. Sometimes the book also recomends various strategies without explaining why..

The book does provide you with various methods of analysis but didn't really impress me as a 25 year old Master of Information Science. If you are more into the financial aspect of planning IT strategy perhaps you will review it somewhat different.

How much cost the information?
Know a day is very important to understand the IS/IT investiments and how much cost the information. The companies can afford to spend a lot of € in Information Systems, witch not takes any competitive advantage.
This book don't tell witch are the best information or technology system for each kind of business or any business, however, it gives us useful techniques to planning the Information and Technology system, analyse and understand the useful systems in order to manage the information and technology systems investments.
This book don's refers to any vendor or company. Don't defend any kind of emergent technology. The scope of this book is techniques and strategies.
A great book