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<strong>Strategic</strong> <strong>IT</strong> <strong>Planning</strong> <strong>for</strong><br />
<strong>Public</strong> <strong>Organizations</strong>: A <strong>Toolkit</strong><br />
Adegboyega Ojo, Bimal Pratap Shah<br />
and Tomasz Janowski<br />
Abstract<br />
This report serves as a toolkit to guide In<strong>for</strong>mation Technology (<strong>IT</strong>) Managers in carrying out<br />
strategic <strong>IT</strong> planning in government organizations. It presents process models and detailed<br />
descriptions of the various activities and tasks involved in a typical <strong>IT</strong> strategy exercise in public<br />
institutions. The report begins by explaining the concept of strategic planning and why it is an<br />
important exercise in achieving organizational-<strong>IT</strong> alignment. Next, it reviews different models <strong>for</strong><br />
strategic planning and subsequently presents a generic process model <strong>for</strong> <strong>Strategic</strong> <strong>IT</strong> <strong>Planning</strong> guided<br />
by a set of principles. Later, the report describes each step or activity of the <strong>IT</strong> Strategy Process in<br />
sequence. For each activity, it provides: overview of the step, required inputs, expected outputs, tasks<br />
lists and process diagram, supporting tools, related tasks and general remarks. The strategy<br />
development activity is based on the Balanced Scorecard technique. As tool support <strong>for</strong> the strategy<br />
process, a set of templates and a strategy management software system which manages elements of <strong>IT</strong><br />
strategies resulting from strategy activities have been developed.