Analysis of IT/Business Alignment Situations as a Precondition for the Design and Engineering of Situated IT/Business Alignment Solutions
ISSN
1530-1605
ISBN
978-0-7695-4282-9
Type
conference paper
Date Issued
2011-01-04
Author(s)
Research Team
IWI1
Abstract
IT/business alignment has constantly been among the top priorities for IT executives. From a prescriptive, design research perspective, our analysis of related work shows that neither is IT/business alignment sufficiently specified to allow systematic artifact construction, nor are existing approaches situational to reflect the diversity of IT/business alignment problems in the real world. We use goal decomposition to characterize IT/business alignment by qualities from (i) the IT systems, (ii) the business, and (iii) the IT governance perspective. A survey-based exploratory study among 174 professionals from various European countries is conducted that helps to identify four distinct IT/business alignment situations. This knowledge can now be used to construct methods and models that do not only operationalize alignment, but also can be adapted to the different situational needs.
Language
English
HSG Classification
not classified
Refereed
Yes
Book title
Proceedings of the 44th Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS-44)
Publisher
IEEE Computer Society Press
Event Title
44th Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS)
Event Location
Kauai, Hawaii USA
Event Date
04.-07.01.2011
Subject(s)
Division(s)
Eprints ID
69086
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