Business

Business-IT Analysis

1) The first sub-task requires you to critically review a set of scholarly literature on Business IT Strategic alignment and its importance to organizations (minimum of 4 articles).
2) The second sub-task requires you to identify the organization’s current situation (WHERE ARE WE NOW?) which includes the following:
? Type of the organization: Local/Regional/Multi-national
? Size of the organization (customers/ employees/ etc..)
? Operations/activities, vision, mission and objectives
? The theories and models of the organization
? The value configuration of the firm, its background and the key IT strategic challenges it faces.
? An overview of the organization chart
? Organization chart of the IT Depart/Unit
? The current IT value for the organization
3) The third sub-task is the ANALYSIS PART of the assignment:
This sub-task should try to contain the scope and scale of business and IS/IT activities, information, and other data relevant to the assignment
? What is the business (or operational) model?
? How does IT make a difference to organization/business? Will it be
sustainable? Why?
? What are the major current IT strategic gaps that may hinder
organization’s growth?
? Identify the levels of the Strategic Alignment of the organization in relation to Luftman Strategic Alignment Maturity Model