IS Planning

Harish Baba.V.V
CONCEPT MAP OF UNDERSTANDING ISP
WHAT is ISP?

• ISP = IS + P

You should know what is meant by :-

▫ Information System
▫ Planning

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 Why Planning is Important?
• Systematic approach in dealing with future uncertainties.

• It focuses efforts and resources on long-term, general

objectives and yet provides a foundation for short-term activities

• Provides a framework for action.

Planning involves thinking ahead and designing future
action.
 ISP Key Activities
1. Describing current situation: it includes a listing of the
manual and automated processes, listing of manual and
automated data, technology inventory and human resources
inventory
2. Describing future situation: includes blueprints of manual
and automated processes, blueprints of manual and
automated data, technology blueprints and human resources
blueprints.
3. Describing scheduling of the project: includes scheduling of
manual and automated processes, scheduling of manual and
automated data, technology of scheduling and human
resources scheduling.
 ISP Planning Types
• Top-Down Planning: A generic information systems planning
methodology that attempts to gain a broad understanding of the
information system needs of the entire organization.

• Bottom-up Planning: generic information systems planning

methodology that identifies and defines IS development projects based
upon solving operational business problems or taking advantages of
some business opportunities.
Components of ISP
• The Process of Information Systems Planning

• Strategic Alignment of Business and IT

• Selecting Systems to Invest In

• Project Management Issues

 Why ISP?
Why do we need to plan for IS?

• To ensure that IS both complements and assists in the

achievement of our business goals.

• To ensure that the use of scarce resources are maximized within

a business.

• To maximize the benefits of changing technology.

• To take account of the different viewpoints of business

professionals and IT professionals.
Who Perform ISP?
• IS Planners / System Analyst

• Variety of stakeholders (i.e. sponsor, users)

• Top management commitment  successful ISP.

 Where & When ISP?
• Any organization that has
interest in getting the best out
of its IT investments.
• Facing problems
• Grabbing opportunities.
• Information Systems (IS) fail to
satisfy huge, diverse and
complicated information
requirements of their users.
 HOW?
• Look at business structure, function, processes, culture

• Look at existing IT

• Look at available technology.

• Carry out interviews

• Develop policies

• Develop application portfolio

• Plan schedules for migration, implementation etc.

 e-Reference
• http://www.cse.dmu.ac.uk/~nkm/sisp/CON
TENTS.html
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Approaches to I.T. planning PGM 07/12/21

• NO planning
• TRADITIONAL information resource
planning
• STRATEGIC information systems
planning
• REACTIVE information resource
planning
• LINKED information resource planning
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No Planning PGM 07/12/21

• Speaks for itself – more of this about

than you might think
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Inputs and Outputs for the Traditional PGM 07/12/21

Information Resource Plan

Last Years Budget

Computer Operations

Last Years Backlog

Traditional
Planning Program maintenance
Machine depreciation Process
+ lease cost

Staff numbers + Salaries Application Development

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Linking Business and IS/IT Strategy

PGM 07/12/21

BUSINESS STRATEGY
IT Impact  Business Decisions WHERE is the business
and   Objectives & Direction going and WHY?
Potential  Change
 
Supports Direction
business for business
 

IS STRATEGY
 Business Based WHAT is required?
 Demand Oriented
 Application Focussed
 
Infrastructure Needs and
and services Priorities
 

IT STRATEGY
 Activity Based HOW can it be delivered?
 Supply Oriented
 Technology Focussed
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IT Planning Issues PGM 07/12/21

• Basic IT planning addresses the following

four general issues:
1. Aligning the IT plan with the organizational business
plan
2. Designing an IT architecture for the organization in
such a way that users, applications, and
databases can be integrated and networked
together.
3. Efficiently allocating information systems
development and operational resources among
competing applications.
4. Planning information systems projects so that they
are completed on time and within budget and
include the specified functions
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IT Planning PGM 07/12/21

• A Strategic information systems plan

identifies a set of computer-based
applications that will help a company reach
its business goals.

• IT planning identifies the applications

portfolio, a list of major, approved IS projects
that are consistent with the long-range plan.

• Initial mechanisms addressed operational

planning, and eventually shifted to
managerial planning.
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A Generic/General Approach to SPIT PGM 07/12/21

Systems
Objectives,
Audit
Goals, Strategic
Mission options
Applications
opportunities
by
Vision brainstorming
- timescales Strategic
Information Information
- funding
Technology Systems
- productivity - resources Plan
- competitive Architecture
- control
edge
Strategy - business
effectiveness

CSF’s +
K P I’s Data Usage
- business Business
models objectives
- data + constraints
Thank You