Sesi05 IS and IT Strategic Analysis Future Potential

Zainal A. Hasibuan, PhD 
(zhasibua@cs.ui.ac.id) 
By: Zainal A. Hasibuan
Faculty of Computer Science
University of Indonesia

Review Ques4ons 
•  What are the success criteria for IS/IT Strategic Plan? 
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Improve performance 
Gaining compe44ve advantage 
Align IT investment with business strategy 
BeIer communica4on 
Etc. 

•  What are the objec4ves of IS/IT Strategy formula4on? 

•  Iden4fy current and future informa4on needs 
•  Create flexible and adap4ve IS func4ons 
•  Determine police and management for informa4on 
resources 
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Review Ques4ons 
•  What are the outputs of IS/IT Strategic Plan? 
–  IS/IT management strategy 
–  Business IS/IT strategy 
–  IT strategy 

•  What aspects to analyzed in the internal business 
environment? 
–  The business strategy as the means to achieve business 
objec4ves 
–  The current business process, ac4vi4es, and the main informa4on 
en44es 
–  The organiza4onal environment: structure, asset and skills, 
competency, culture, etc. 


•  What are the components of business model architecture? 
–  Business process model 
–  Business data model 

Session Objec4ves 
•  To understand the development of applica4on 
porTolio from a strategic perspec4ve 
•  To understand industry value chain to get 
maximum benefit from IS/IT investment 
•  To iden4fy the business opportuni4es and 
threats formulate IS/IT strategy 
•  To describe a framework to develop the 
business informa4on strategy 
•  To understand the integra4on of informa4on, 
system, and technology 

Session Agenda 
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Applica4on porTolio and strategic perspec4ve 
Aligning IS/IT Investment Strategy to the Business 
Dimensions of competence 
Value chain analysis 
Value system analysis 
Strategic op4ons generator 
Resource life cycle analysis 
Comparison of techniques 

Application portfolio and strategic perspective

IS/IT Investment Strategy and the Business 


Dimensions of Competence 
Competitive advantage
through customer intimacy

Competitive
advantage
through
operational
excellence

Level of
competence
required to avoid
competitive
disadvantage

Competitive
advantage
through
product

leadership

Value Chain Analysis 
•  Defini4on: A collec4on of ac4vi4es that are 
performed to design, produce, market, deliver, 
and support its product 
•  Ac4vi4es can be separated into primary and 
secondary 
•  Ac4vi4es add value to sa4sfy customer 
requirements 
•  Ac4vi4es incur costs by consuming resources 
•  Adopts a business unit perspec4ve, 
independent of organiza4onal structures 

Internal Value Chain Analysis 
Administration and
Infrastructure

General management of the business unit as entity


Human resource
management

Recruit, train, develop, and reward people

Product and techno- Develop the technology of products or services
logy development
and production processes
Procurement

Acquire the necessary inputs to the value adding activities

Inbound
logistics

Operation

Outbound
logistics


Sales and
marketing

Service

Receive,
store, and
disseminate
inputs

Transform
inputs into
products or
services

Distribute
products or
services to
customers


Provide
ways for
customers
to purchase
products or
service

Enhance
value of
products
or services
sold

Margin
=
value
added costs

Internal Value Chain Analysis
Administration and

infrastructure

General management, financial management, accounting,
and legal

Human resource
management

Manpower planning, remunerations, recruitment, and
training

Product and techno- Research and development, product design, and process
logy development
engineering
Procurement
Inbound
logistics
Quality
control,
materials

control,
materials
storage

Supplier mgt., subcontracting, outsourcing, specification
Operation

Manufacture,
packaging,
quality control,
maintenance

Outbound
logistics

Sales and
marketing

Service


Products
storage,
order
handling,
delivery,
invoicing

Customer
management,
promotion,
sales
analysis

Warranty,
maintenance,
education,
training, and
upgrading

Margin
=
value
added costs

External Value Chain Analysis 
Materials
Capital

Local
distributors

Agencies
Distributors

Business unit
Markets

Suppliers
Components
Workforce

Competitors

Export
distributors
Value and demand information

Costs and supply information

Strategic Op4ons Generator 
Strategic target
Suppliers
Strategic thrust
Differentiation: premium pricing
through better perceived quality
Cost: aggressive pricing through
better performance
Innovation: new product, services, or
processes that transform relationship
Growth: expansion in volume and
flexibility without more overheads
Alliance: agreement or joint ventures
that enhance other strategic thrusts

Competitors

Customers

•  Compe4tor – Can we use IS to: 
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Raise the entry costs of poten4al compe4tors? 
Differen4ate or create new products or services? 
Reduce our costs or increase  their costs? 
Control the channels of distribu4on? 
Iden4fy or establish new market niches? 
Form joint ventures to enter new market? 

•  Customers – Can we use IS to: 
Reduce their costs or increase their revenues? 
Increase their switching costs to alterna4ve suppliers? 
Increase their knowledge of our products or services? 
Improve our services to them or reduce the costs of exis4ng 
services? 
–  Discover more about their needs? 
–  Iden4fy new poten4al customers? 
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•  Suppliers – Can we use IS to: 
–  Improving our bargaining power over them? 
–  Reduce our buying costs? 
–  Reduce their selling costs? 
–  Be a beIer customer and obtain a beIer 
service? 
–  Iden4fy alterna4ve poten4al supplier? 
–  Improve the quality of products or services 
purchased?  

Resource Life Cycle Analysis 
•  Products are resources from customer perspec4ve 
•  Four stages of resources management 
•  Requirements 
–  Establish quan4ty requirements and specify aIributes 

•  Acquisi4on  
–  Select sources of purchase, order resources, authorize and pay for 
resources, acquire resources, and test resources against specifica4on 

•  Stewardship 
–  Integrate resources with exis4ng inventory, monitor access and use of 
resources, upgrade resources if necessary, maintain resources if 
necessary 

•  Re4rement 
–  Transfer or dispose of resources and account for expenditure on 
resources 

Comparison of Techniques 
Technique

External
linkage
systems

Internal

Product or service Executive
linkage
enhancement or
information
systems
innovation
systems

Critical success
factor analysis

Low

Moderate

Low

High

Process effectiveness
analysis

Low

High

Low

Nil

Value chain analysis

Nil

High

Low

Moderate

Nil

Moderate

Low

Value system analysis High
Strategic options
generator

Moderate Moderate

High

Nil

Resource life cycle
analysis

Low

High

Nil

Low

DETERMINING the BUSINESS 
INFORMATION SYSTEMS STRATEGY 
(Chapter 6) 

The IS/IT Strategic Planning 
Environment 
Imposed
strategy

Intended
Strategy:
Business, IS, IT

Opportunistic
strategy

Emergence
strategy

Realized
Strategy:
Business, IS, IT

Actual Implementation

Planned Implementation

Unrealized
Strategies:
Business, IS, IT

Intended
Outcomes:
Business, IS, IT

Strategic Planning Model 
Competitive
Analysis

Business
Portfolio
Analysis
Resource
Life Cycles

Process and
Activity
Analysis

Mission
Objectives
CFSs
Data Flow
Analysis and
Modeling

Strategic

Key Operational

Value Chain
Analysis
Strategic Option
Generator
Organizational
Modeling

High Potential

Support

Informal/
Opportunistic
Creative thinking

A Framework for Crea4ng the 
Applica4ons PorTolio 
Assessing the Need for
Immediate Investment (1-2 years)
(short/medium term-analytical)
Interpret business
Objectives and
strategy
Determine CSFs for
The company and its
Competitors etc.
Identify critical
Business processes
And activities
Determine short-term
Focus for investment

Appraisal of IS/IT
as it Relates to the
Business
Understand the industry
Structure and business
Position (SWOT)
Analysis the external
Value chain and information
Flow implications
Analysis the internal
Value chain and organizational
relationship
Analysis the business
Contribution of existing
Systems (SWOT)

> Existing
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 Potential applications portofolio

Identifying
Potential Future
Investments (1-5years)
Consider potential IT/IS
Impact on product/market etc.
Consider the strategic
Potential of IS/IT and
Its effects on the value
chain
Identify options for
Long term IS/IT
Investment and select
Most beneficial

Understanding The Industry and Business 
Posi4on 
•  Interpre4ng business objec4ves and Strategy 
–  Permanent objec4ves 
–  Strategic objec4ves 
–  Tac4cal objec4ves 

•  Analyzing the industry (external) value chain and informa4on flow 
•   Determining CSF 
–  To assess the rela4ve importance of systems opportuni4es to support business 
objec4ve 
–  To iden4fy the informa4on required to manage and to plan 

•  Determining the Strategic Poten4al 
–  Rela4onship among informa4on and systems to the industry value chain  

Analyzing the Internal Value Chain and 
Organiza4on Rela4onships 
•  Understood internal primary value chain 
•  Examined organiza4onal structure to allocate 
primary func4ons 
•  Iden4fy where costs are incurred, where 
success depends on management 
effec4veness and how and where value is 
added  

Q/A 
•  What are the approaches to analyze the 
external business environment? 
•  How these external factors affect the IS/IT 
strategy? 
•  How do methodologies to develop SPIS differ 
one to other?  

Questions to be Answered from Previous
Session: Analysis of Existing Systems
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How well the existing IS/IT support and enhance the
operational performance?
How well the existing IS/IT support management
control?
How well the existing IS/IT fits in the ongoing
development of business?
Points to identify: system deficiency, obsolescence,
ineffective linkages, poor utilization, etc.
 The answers to these questions are used for
benchmarking the current condition