The Cassidy (2006) Model for strategic planning starts with identifying the future target and current states of the enterprise, assessing the IT gap between these two states, and determining the path (roadmap) or IT strategic (program) plan to get from the current state to the future target state.
Cassidy (2006) Strategic Planning Model comprises four phases, as shown in Figure 1. The four phases start from business vision and ends with recommendations for the IT strategic program plan or roadmap for realizing the business vision.
Cassidy (2006) strategic planning model
The Cassidy model is summarized below (Cassidy, 2006):