COMM 190 Chapter Notes - Chapter 9: Energy Star, External Auditor, Green Computing
29 Jan 2013
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Use porter"s five forces model to consider the industry structure and develop a competitive strategy for the organization. This competitive strategy is supported through activities in the value chain, which consist of a collection of business processes supported by information systems. It architecture is the basic framework for all the computers, systems, and information management that support organizational services. Enterprise architect creates a blueprint of an organization"s information systems and the management of these systems: organizational objectives, business processes, databases, information flows, operating systems, applications and software, and supporting technology. Alignment: process of matching organizational objectives with it architecture. Ongoing -- fitting it architecture to business objectives is continuous challenge. Measured as the degree to which the it department"s missions, objectives, and plans overlapped with the overall business missions, objectives, and plans. Communication between business and it executives is the most important indicator of alignment.
