INFORMATION SYSTEMS

MANAGEMENT (MSIT 7103)

Course Instructor: Habtamu Fanta, PhD
School of Informatics
Department of Computer Science
E-mail: habtamu_fanta@yahoo.com
habtamu_fanta@sjtu.edu.cn
Information systems planning
• IS management is getting more challenging and
critical.
• With dynamism of technology and organizations
becoming more dependent on IT  IS planning a
must.
• Lots of tools and approaches for systems planning vs.
no universal solution??  depending on
organization’s context, multiple approaches are used.
Information systems planning
• Planning is commonly defined in three ways:
 Strategic, tactical and operational  three planning
horizons