1. IT Planning
Presented by
Neetika Agarwal-11DM087
Paras Jalan-11DM100
Rahul S-11DM116
Yogesh Garg-11EMPDM214
2. Strategic IT Planning
Strategic planning is the systematic examination of
opportunities and threats in the business environment so
that you are in the position to identify those opportunities
that should be exploited and the threats that should be
avoided.
Answers 3 Strategic Questions:
1. Where are we now?
2.Where do we want to go?
3. How will we get there?
3. Planning Challenges
Why planning is so difficult
Companies need portfolios rather than projects
Infrastructure Development is difficult to fund
Top-down Vs. bottom-up; radical change Vs. continuous
Planning culture
Business Goals and Systems Plans Need to Align
Technologies Are Rapidly Changing
6. SITP APPROACHES AND
PREVALENT RESEARCH
IBM business systems planning
Rockart’s critical success factors (CSF)
Stages of growth: Nolan’s stages theory
Porter’s competitive forces model
Porter’s value chain analysis
E-business value matrix
Linkage analysis planning
Scenario planning.
10. BEST PRACTICES FOR
ACHIEVING SITP
Segars, Grover and Teng (1998) define the following
best practices:
Comprehensiveness
Formal
Focused
Smooth flow
Wider participation
Consistency
11. Six Planning Stages of SITP
1. Assemble a planning team
2. Assess information needs
3. Develop a vision and a mission
4. Communicate the vision and seek buy-in
5. Arrive at the project’s portfolio and define the scope of
projects and their prioritization
6. Evaluate IT projects for inclusion in application portfolio.
12. IMPLEMENTATION
CONSIDERATIONS
The following are important for the success of SITP process as
planning as shown by Gottschalk’s studies:
Adequacy of resources the implementation
Level of user involvement during the implementation
Adequacy of analysis of the organization’s information
Needs
Anticipation of changes in the external environment
Solutions to potential resistance during the implementation
Information technology to be implemented
IT projects’ relevance to the business plan
Who owns the responsibility for the SITP implementation
Level of management support for the implementation
Communication issues
IT issues
General business-related issues
13. e-Choupal Initiative
An initiative of ITC for the economic development of
farmers
Challenge faced: translating development into
economic freedom
While ITC’s sales were stagnant, India’s soybean
farmers were losing 60-70% of potential crop value
Both farmers and processors were locked in an
unproductive cycle
14. The Old condition
The buying cycle:
The government appointed licensed buyers
ITC contracted with a licensed buyer
The farmers were isolated from one another and knew nothing of market conditions
until the day of sale
ITC supplied each village choupal with:
A PC with Windows/Intel platform
Telephone connection lines
A solar-powered power supply
A dot-matrix printer
15. The Change
With the arrival of IT capacity, farmers were accessing
the world wide web through a dedicated site
www.soyachoupal.com
The site contained: weather, best practices, crop
information, market information, FAQs, news,
feedback, and information about ITC
ITC quote: Before, farmers lived in a vacuum, a
vacuum of rumors and gossip. Now, we are bringing
information into the village, into the home. It’s natural
for them
16. The Benefits
In September 2000 there were 30 eChoupals
By 2004, there were 1700 eChoupals
ITC’s volumes grew by 400% in four years:
20% from better yields
80% from taking shares from competitiors
Of the 3000 computers in use today not one has been lost,
stolen, or vandalized
Though still at the mercy of a global market, India’s soybean
farmers were earning roughly 250% greater profits post
eChoupal than pre Choupal
17. Barriers
Entrenched practices
Lack of understanding by farmers
Fear of middlemen reprisals
Potential high cost
Economic illiteracy
Suspicion of internal cheating
Technology risk