Applying principles from IT architecture to strategic business planning

• Main Author: McKee, James, 1940-
• Corporate Author: IGI Global.
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: Hershey, Pa. : IGI Global (701 E. Chocolate Avenue, Hershey, Pennsylvania, 17033, USA), c2013.
• Subjects: Strategic planning.; Information technology > Management.; Information architecture; Information systems alignment; Key performance indicators; Planning methodologies; Strategy development
• Online Access: View fulltext via EzAccess

"This book describes the principles of IT architecture to develop the creation of an information model of business strategic requirements, highlighting the importance of organizational goals within a business"--Provided by publisher.

Table of Contents:

• Strategic planning, information systems alignment, and architecture
• Research methodology
• Is it necessary to plan strategically?
• Approaches to strategy development
• What goes wrong with strategic plans
• Improving strategic plan documentation
• Strategic planning considerations
• Research (surveys and review of documentation)
• The why and the benefits of architecture
• The role of information architecture
• A structure for strategic planning information
• Strategic planning reference models
• Using the IA reference model
• Conclusions.