Assignment 8( MIS2)

fast forward ..., you were hired and have been tasked to develop a strategic information systems plan for a company.
The company officers have extended an invitation for you to meet with them to discuss the direction of the company. Before this meeting, they have asked that you provide a list of questions with some explanation about the
\"why\" of the question so they can be prepared, thus maximizing the output from this meeting.

I In this assignment, we are asked that if we are hired and have been tasked to develop a strategic information systems plan for a company .That company asked us to discuss the direction of the company and provide a list of question with some explanation about the why for maximizing the output from the meeting.
So do, I imagine that if one day Iwill be hired to do tasks for developing strategic information system of one’s company I would
think first what is the company’s business involved then think about the plans of the company for the next year .I would prepare question for them to answer and for me the analyze the situation and the things the that the company’plan for their businesses .But before I formulate some question ,we should understand more about the Strategic Information Systems Planning (SISP).


Strategic Information Systems Planning (SISP) is a continuous planning activity that ensures Information and Communication Technology (ICT) implementation in an organization is aligned with business strategies, improves organizational process effectiveness, creates business opportunities and contributes to organizational competitiveness An SISP methodology is especially useful for the inexperienced SISP developerbecause it provides a systematic guideline to carry out the IS strategy formulation process. It is generally a guideline for solving a problem, with specific components such as phases, tasks, methods, techniques and tools [Methodology benefits managers by providing information to plan, review and control projects. Generally methodologies arecomprised of the following four elements: providing an opinion of what needs to be solved.


These are are things to consider in making (SISP)StrategicInformation Systems Planning


Situation Analysis-
Description of where we are today, internal and external , business and IS

Strategy Formulation-
Description of where we (the company)want to be ,business and IS

Strategy Implementation- Plans
how we (the company)are going to get there from IS stand outpoint.


In these information we can understand the things should be consider in SISP of the company.It can help also to formulate question to formulate a questions to understand more about the company and here are my questions for the company:

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What is company’s plan for the future?
-for me to analyze the things the company want to do for the future and why the need SISP for planning for their company for me to initiate the impact of my SISP for the company.It would be useful for thecompany


Is Stategic Information Systems Plan useful for the
company?Why?
-To understand why company need SISP ,Is this the key for their success? And understand company’s
plans.

· What is the vision objective ,goals and priorities of the company?
-To understand well the interest of the
company.

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What is the current IS environment company?
-To know the capacity of the company in implementing the SISP.

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What is the competitive advantage of the company and disadvantage ?
-To know the valuable effect of the plans if it would make the company be
more competitive or it would not.
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What are the threats and opportunities facing the company?
-To grab ideas in what to do with the company .


Is the company willing to provide risk involving budget?
-To know if in what way the company use money for implementing project.This would identify if the company is worthy in hiring to develop their Strategic
information system plan .Having a good budget SISP would be more success.

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How they handle changes?
-With this changes we could identify the risk of company in taking the risk .So we should understand to plan strategy in handling IS changes
in the company