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Chapter 17
Assessment of Strategic
Information Systems
Planning (SISP) Techniques
from Requirement View
ABSTRACT
This study reviews Strategic Information Systems Planning (SISP) literature with a focus on the global
dimension. The research evaluates SISP techniques against Information System (IS) strategic require-
ments. These techniques can be vital contributors in the IS Strategy (ISS) design process. Therefore,
classifcation of the techniques of ISS planning is developed. Keeping in mind the global dimension, the
planning team needs to identify how it can cluster the ISS requirements of an organisation. This may
be achieved by analysing the benefts that can be obtained by IS for the organisation. The result of this
research is the taxonomy of SISP techniques with a case study for X airlines. This classifcation can ben-
eft the evaluation of ISS planning processes to support decision makers through the planning process.
INTRODUCTION
Organisations look to obtain the maximum ben-
efit from their resources and reduce their risk as
much as possible. They attempt to use all of their
resources efficiently, effectively, and competi-
tively. In so doing, there appears a need to link
all of the resources in a way that allows them to
be controlled, creative, flexible, and educational.
From this point of view, there is also a need to
determine the significant processes within the
entire organisation. The processes are not only
important, but they also share activities beyond
the business unit to be completed. At the same
Abdullah M Basahel
King Abdulaziz University, Saudi Arabia
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-4666-4983-5.ch017