2007 · 12 citations · 4 references
Enterprise Business TransformationEngineeringBusiness IntelligenceSoftware EngineeringInformation SystemBusiness AnalyticsBusiness ArchitectureInformation Technology ManagementManagementBusiness/is Alignment RequirementsSystems EngineeringBusiness Information SystemBusiness RequirementInformation System PlanningCompany RepresentationStrategyInformation ManagementStrategic ManagementSoftware DesignBusinessBusiness Strategy
In order to provide a competitive advantage to the enterprise, the business strategy and processes and its information system (IS) need to be aligned. Achieving strategic alignment continues to be a major concern for business executives and becomes more difficult to handle in an evolving environment. The literature provides conceptual frameworks dividing a company representation in independent and exchanging layers and aiming at the strategic alignment. In this paper, we describe eight among these works. Aiming a better understanding of the Business/IS alignment requirements, we propose an analysis framework, in which we position the studied approaches, and we bring out the most important results related to the forces and weaknesses of these
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