IS Strategic Plan for Higher Education Based on COBIT Assessment: A Case Study

Abstract

As the guidance and direction of IS/IT Operation in each organization, IS Strategic Plan plays the very important role in Higher Education. Many IS projects fail since there was no adequate IS planning. The paper presents study results of IS strategic plan formulation for higher education institution. The stages of IS strategy formulation are performed based on Ward & Peppard framework and utilize COBIT 4.1 IS Management guidance. IS strategic plan formulated in this study consist of some components such: application portfolio based on McFarlan matrix, IS architecture, and IS/IT action stages recommendation.