IS planning phases and their activities Phases Activities
Strategic awareness Determining key planning issues
Defining planning objectives Organizing the planning team(s)
Obtaining top management commitment
Situational analysis Analyzing current business systems
Analyzing current organizational systems Analyzing current information systems Analyzing the current external business en- vironment
Analyzing the current external IT environ- ment
Strategy conception Identifying major IT objectives
Identifying opportunities for improvement Evaluating opportunities for improvement Identifying high-level IT strategies
Strategy selection Identifying new business processes
Identifying new IT architectures Identifying specific new projects Identifying priorities for new projects
Strategy implementa- Defining change management approaches tion planning Defining action plans
Evaluating action plans
Defining follow-up and control procedures