Adding business value through information technology

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Adding business value through information
technology

• Group 1
• Ole Christian, Thomas, Thommy, Petter

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Facing a new reality

• Merge of technologies result in new opportunities
  threats
• Computing
• Telecommunications
• Publishing
• Entertainment
• Networks (Internet, IBM Global)

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Facing a new reality

• Strong interest to make use of the new technology
• Complex world
• Future needs
• Emerging technology
• Many choices
• Competitive advantage vs huge losses

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What is the new infrastructure

• IT portfolio total investment
• Computers, software, mobile phones, PDAs, ATMs.
  Insourced outsourced.

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The capabilities of the new IS..

• Increase the efficiency
• Information- transaction processing
• Better overview
• Lower costs
• Reduce duplication
• Improve customer relations

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The capabilities of the new IS..

• Ultimately
• A Matter of Strategic Choice
• Jardine Matheson and Hutchinson Whampoa
• IT impose constraints.
• Honda
• Communication between designers is critical.
• Citibank
• Centralized solution reduce costs, increase
  agility.

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Differences

• The role of IT architecture
• architecture vs installed base
• Is management prepared?
• Changing strategy, technology
• strategy informing technology

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IT vs strategy
Strategic (competitive)
IT-portfolio
Informational (mgmt)
Transactional (firm stuff)
Infrastructure (basic)
Strategic Context
Intent (long term)
Current (1 year)
Alignment
Business goals (q'tive)
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Challenges

• Multibusiness units
• Differences in investments
• The challenge

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