Practical guidelines for EDP long-range planning
AFIPS '75 Proceedings of the May 19-22, 1975, national computer conference and exposition
Competitive advantage from mandatory investments: An empirical study of Australian firms
The Journal of Strategic Information Systems
Directive Decision Devices: Extending the reach of automation into the finance domain
Expert Systems with Applications: An International Journal
An empirical investigation of the relationship of IS strategy with firm performance
The Journal of Strategic Information Systems
The Journal of Strategic Information Systems
Critical success factors in the alignment of IS plans with business plans
International Journal of Information Management: The Journal for Information Professionals
International Journal of Information Management: The Journal for Information Professionals
An analysis of the techniques used in ranking information system projects
International Journal of Information Management: The Journal for Information Professionals
Dynamic and emergent information systems strategy formulation and implementation
International Journal of Information Management: The Journal for Information Professionals
Information systems strategy: Past, present, future?
The Journal of Strategic Information Systems
Strategic Planning for Information Resources: The Evolution of Concepts and Practice
Information Resources Management Journal
The Development of Information Systems Planning Towards a Mature Management Tool
Information Resources Management Journal
Issues in Corporate IS Planning
Information Resources Management Journal
A Systematic Review of Business and Information Technology Alignment
ACM Transactions on Management Information Systems (TMIS)
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In recent years there has been an increasing amount of attention paid to effective strategic planning of the information systems resource in many organizations. The motivation for this attention derives from a number of resources, especially the rapid rate of technological progress in computer and telecommunications facilities to problem domains that are critical to organizational success. As a wide range of new opportunities become apparent, it has become a more difficult to mate the operational, managerial, and strategic needs of the business with appropriate systems activities. Based upon an exploratory study of eight organizations which involved extensive interviews with IS and senior managers, this article describes the planning practices observed and identifies several factors which seemed particularly important to their planning success, or lack of it. These factors include such things as the style of senior management decision making, the volatility of the business and by extension, the applications development portfolio), the complexity of the IS organization and management task, and the status and physical location of the IS manager.