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STAGES OF THE EVOLUTION OF THE IS/IT STRATEGY PROCESS --
STAGE 1 - Typical early DP planning
- Need to plan the interfaces b/w applications , developed separately , project by project
- Support applications built
- Management perceives IS/IT in that limited role .
STAGE 2 - Top down review of IS/IT in light of business dependence .
- Prioritize list of the key operational applications for operations and MIS .
- Approaches used are very methodological , normally based on derivatives of ' Business System Planning '.
STAGE 3 - Centers around detailed IS/IT planning
- Better balanced portfolio
- More attention to key operational systems and less to support applications.
STAGE 4 - User- driven
- Start seeing new opportunities
- Using information in new way to provide business leverage.
- Freedom to innovate
- High potential opportunities driven by business
STAGE 5 - Most difficult stage to reach
- Innovation ideas from stage 4 need evaluation
- Linking IS/IT potential to business strategy
- Strategic applications identified and agreed upon in context of business strategy .