PROPOSAL FOR INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY STRATEGIC PLANNING APPROACH
Journal Title: European Journal of Business and Social Sciences - Year 2016, Vol 5, Issue 2
Abstract
this research aims to propose a systematic approach for the development and implementation of an Information Technology Strategic Plan. For this purpose, are addressed, based on the literature, main features and elements from both the strategic planning, as the IT planning concepts. In this sense, the differential use of IT within companies is presented, not only as a tool for reduction of costs and productivity / quality improvement, but also as a strategic element to provide innovation in products, services and processes. Therefore, it is important that the IT strategic planning be done in conjunction with the corporate business plan, due the fact that there is a direct relationship between them, from an information infrastructure build, to IT governance and applications maintainability, to ensure that availability, accesibility and security of IT services are provided to its stakeholders. In terms of methodology, this work is a categorized as an applied research, qualitative as related to the problem approach, descriptive in relation to the objective, and adopts, as technical procedures, literature review. In the survey, may be highlighted the need for alignment between business and IT, both with respect to adjustments, as the connection form between the company strategiy and IT strategy, for cost savings and competitive advantage aquisition. An IT strategic plan should be comprehensive and aligned with business objectives, easy to understand, and with a future-oriented perspective. As a result, based on the literature, was presented the systematic approach to prepare the IT strategic plan, containing the main stages, expected results, and methodologies or practices adopted. Thus, the paper presents relevance within the IT area of expertise, since the literature points out the need to align the IT strategic plan with the business, otherwise the organization does not get the expected returns on its IT investments.
Authors and Affiliations
João Paulo Assi| UNIMEP – joao.assi@gscz.com.br, Pedro Domingos Antoniolli| UNIMEP – prdanton@unimep.br, Diego A Wolfshorndl| UNIMEP – diego.a.wolfs@gmail.com, JBatista de Camargo Junior| UNIMEP – jocamarg@unimep.br
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