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Development of Methodologies for Measuring IT
Capability in the Information and Communication
Industries
Lukman Abdurrahman
School of Electrical Engineering and Informatics
Institute of Technology Bandung
Bandung, Indonesia
33213003@students.itb.ac.id
Armein Z.R. Langi & Suhardi
School of Electrical Engineering and Informatics
Institut Teknologi Bandung (ITB)
Bandung, Indonesia
suhardi@stei.itb.ac.id & azr.langi@gmail.com
Abstract—There are many studies regarding the IT
(Information Technology) value, however until now there are not
yet any researches discussing an exact method to estimate this
value. Accordingly, this study tries to present a methodology to
assess this value using both qualitative and quantitative methods.
The offered methodology addresses valuation of IT by means of
IT value definition approach as a division of functions by costs.
This valuation will be achieved by analyzing functions and costs
previously, in turn, results in the intrinsic IT value. Additionally,
this methodology using the Telkom data is simulated to test its
accuracy. The results show that there is an alignment between
the offered methodology and the case study, although there still
should be improved here.
Keywords— IT value, methodology, intrinsic value.
I. INTRODUCTION
In some industries, IT has a special room that gained
particular attention as well. It has been shown empirically that
IT delivers more benefits to the organization such that almost
no commercial organization without involving IT in it,
regardless of how big the role of IT. This viewpoint is
consistent with the fact that worldwide IT spending always
grows over time as shown by the Gartner survey [6].
Furthermore, there is a note that IT will well work within
its environment. For that reason, there has been recognized an
Information Systems (IS) terms, which is comprehended as a
combination of assets and capabilities resulted from a
productive use of IT [5]. In addition, IT does not create
business value in an isolation environment but needs to be
combined with other internal organizational factors [4]. Thus,
in such organizations, IT has been viewed as strategic factors
of the organizations.
In view of that, we want to offer a solution for dealing
with IT in order to benefit from the values contained in it, as an
intrinsic value is an innate of IT capability. This paper is a
follow-up study of previous studies which have been carried
out by [1], [2]. Additionally, those papers had been inspired by
past papers authorized by [10] and [15] addressing the
relationship between IT and business performance.
Essentially, this study covers the role of IT in an organization
to increase the organization performance itself.
This study addresses the way to estimate IT worth as
strategic factors. The valuation will be observed from inner
values of IT. The inner value is derived from the value implied
in the IT as a result of division of the IT function by its cost.
If the inner IT value is properly aligned with the business, the
resulted value will be extraordinary because it is a
multiplication of the inner and business value. This paper
shows that the value of IT within the organization has
significant roles.
The remainder of paper will present the topic as follows.
Section two addresses literature reviews, discussing the value
definition, IT model which refers to the Resource-Based View,
Section three discusses a research methodology that will be
base this study. Section four is a case study performed for PT.
Telekomunikasi Indonesia, Tbk. Section five is discussion and
recommendation. The last is section six, which is concluding
all.
II. LITERATURE REVIEW
A. Value Definition
The value may reveal if there is an interaction among two
or more systems or subsystems. One system works on the other
one and vice versa, or the system works at the instigation of
other systems. Why the systems would mutually operate? It
may be because there is a force that drives them to work. This
force is latterly called the value, usefulness, worth, benefit, and
the like. In other words, this understanding can help
accomplish the stage of value creation by benefiting system
processes.
There are various types of values such as normative value,
realist value, and perceived value. The normative value is
related to required value as planned previously, the realist
value pertains to resulted value that is obtained from an
accomplishment, and the perceived value is what consumer
relatively perceives [11]. If seen from cost management
viewpoints, the other types of values are the use value, i.e. the
value of required function associated with the cost. Then the
cost value, i.e. the all cost values dedicated to result in the item;
the esteem value, i.e. the value of additional cost to pay the