IT strategy and architecture

Knowledge
• At completion of the course the candidate...
o understands the key theories of business strategy and competitive advantage o describes the theories of alignment between business and IS strategy
o explains the relationship between IS strategy and IT architecture
Skills
• At completion of the course the candidate will be able to...
o conduct a strategic analysis of a case organization
o analyze case studies, empirical evidence and research into the success and
failure of IS strategy
o evaluate IS strategies for contemporary organizations o develop and model enterprise architecture
General competence
• At completion of the course the candidate will be able to...
o suggest and evaluate an IS strategy with the appropriate architecture related to a
business case
o demonstrate how to assess success (or failure) of an IS strategy
o critically evaluate the socio-technical interventions an IS strategy may inflict on
an organization

Assignment specification
1. Choose one case organisation. The case could be selected from the literature, or it could be a new case that you wish to research (including your own data collection).
2. Discuss alternative theories to use and conduct a strategic analysis of the case with one chosen framework or theory. (Learning outcome 1 and 2).
3. Develop a Business Process Model for key business processes of the firm. (Learningoutcome 2)
4. Discuss the mutual impact and consequences between IS and business in the case organisation, by applying Enterprise Architectural concepts. (Learning outcome 3).
5. Critically evaluate how the strategy may inflict the organisation. (Learning outcome 3).

3000-3500 words


structure:

Introduction: 1 page
Theoretical Framework: 1 to 2 pages
Methodology: 0.5 pages
Results and Discussion: 5-6 pages
Conclusion, Limitation, Future work: 0.5 to 1 page