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IT & Implementation Success. Clinton E. White, Jr Professor of Accounting & MIS Lerner College of B&E University of Delaware. IT Alignment. What is IT alignment?. Specialized IS for Separate Functions. Purch. Finance R&D Produc. Sales Distrib. The problem of the “stovepipes”
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IT & Implementation Success Clinton E. White, Jr Professor of Accounting & MIS Lerner College of B&E University of Delaware
IT Alignment • What is IT alignment?
Specialized IS for Separate Functions Purch. Finance R&D Produc. Sales Distrib. • The problem of the “stovepipes” • Separate functional areas with IS’s that support only their activities & create their own, separate, data sets!
Business Process thinking Vendors Purch. Finance R&D Produc. Sales Distrib. Cust. Product development Order fullfillment Planning, resourcing, control Servicing customer • Integrated IT – IS’s designed to support enterprise-wide thinking, business processes, & business goals
Business-IT Alignment • Why is business-IT alignment so difficult?
An IT Maturity Model • A proposed IT maturity model:
The Cutting Edge • Can you be on the cutting edge with IT and limit the risk involved?
RFID • IT at Vail
Servers • How do you limit the risks when moving to a new server platform at a hospital? • Cedars Sinai Medical Center
BYOD • How do you introduce BYOD systems & limit your entity’s risk & exposure?
Best Practices • What are some IT in business best practices?
Exam Questions • 4 short answer/essay questions plus a bonus question • Example question is posted