A discipline within the information technology and information systems domain and is concerned with making the planning process for information technology investments and decision-making a quicker, more flexible, and more thoroughly aligned process.
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Strategic Planning for Information Technology: A Collaborative Model of Information Technology Strategic Plan for the Government Sector
Wagner N. Silva (Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil), Marco Antonio Vaz (Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil), and Jano Moreira Casa de Oswaldo Cruz (Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)
Copyright: © 2019
|Pages: 16
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-5225-7214-5.ch016
Abstract
Information technology (IT) is strategic for organization management, although many companies lack IT governance and planning, skilled people, defined and institutionalized methods and procedures, internal controls and indicators, and structures for agreement service levels and information security, legality, and economy. In this scenario, a minimum organization and control in the use of resources is needed to boost technical and administrative efficiency, with a focus on IT governance. An information technology strategic plan (ITSP) aims at discovering the resources and IT in an organization to direct the technological and information architecture to its strategic objectives. The Brazilian government issued a normative instruction (NI04) for public organizations to develop IT strategic plans so that they can purchase products and services. In order to help organizations develop, control, and manage their ITSPs, a model was created that defines a set of auxiliary steps in the construction of the ITSP.