Dr. Bernard Tan
School of Computing
National University of Singapore
Academic Year 2002-2003 Semester 1
Department Head Office: S16 05-10; Phone: 6874-4717
Personal Office: SOC1 05-24; Phone: 6874-6868;
Email: btan@comp.nus.edu.sg
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• 30 Jul 2002 to 29 Oct 2002
• Lectures on Tue morning
• Tutorials on Thu afternoon and Fri
• Presentations on Tue morning
• Group projects (60% of course grade)
• Examination (40% of course grade) on
Wed 20 Nov 2002 (morning)
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• Learn how IT can change industries, markets, and organizations
• Learn how organizations can use IT to gain and sustain competitive advantage
• Learn how planning tools can be used to identify strategic IS
• Learn how resources can be managed to facilitate delivery of strategic IS
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• Textbook
– Title: Strategic Planning for Information Systems
– Authors: John Ward and Joe Peppard
– Year: 2002 (Third Edition)
– Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
– ISBN: 0-470-84147-8
• Two cases for group project 1
• Additional papers for group project 2
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1. Role of IS in organizations
2. Business planning issues
3. IS planning issues
4. Determining current IS needs
5. Determining future IS potential
6. Determining IS strategy
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7. Managing applications portfolio
8. Managing human resources
9. Managing financial resources
10. Managing information resources
11. Managing applications development
12. Trends affecting IS planning
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• 15% of course grade
• Cases provided (British Petroleum and International
Enterprise Singapore) with additional materials on websites (www.bp.com and www.iesingapore.com)
• Use business and IS planning tools to identify strategic IS for one organization
• Report due 2 Sep 2002 at 12 noon (max 5 pages)
– Highlight the planning tools used
– List the strategic IS identified
• Presentation on 17 Sep 2002 and 24 Sep 2002 (max 15 minutes)
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• 45% of course grade
• Review and synthesize the literature on latest business and IS developments that can potentially affect business and IS planning in organizations
• Report due 14 Oct 2002 at 12 noon (max 20 pages)
– Thorough review on one topic
– Constructive synthesis of key issues
– Attach the 5 most important papers reviewed
• Presentation on 15 Oct 2002 and 22 Oct 2002 (max 15 minutes)
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• Possible topics
• Discuss and interpret latest trends pertaining to the following issues that affect IS planning:
– Managing global virtual teams
– Managing customer relationships
– Managing knowledge resources
– Managing learning organizations
– Managing emerging technologies
– Managing unique Internet opportunities
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• Content-based learning
– Focuses on subject matter knowledge
– Covers contemporary planning tools
– Assessed through examination
• Process-based learning
– Focuses on self-learning skills
– Covers latest IT trends and practices
– Assessed through group projects
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