Managing IS/IT strategic planning

The extensive promotion of IS/IT strategic planning in the 1980s raised expectations that have not been met. In large parts this resulted from an emphasis of IS/IT planning as a one-off exercise rather than as a management process integrated into the business planning cycle-a requirement for the 1990s. In essence, IS/IT strategic planning is a repetitive activity. It involves integration, iteration and alignment to define a set of plans that can guide an IT division to support corporate goals and to maximise investment in IT. IT plans should be in the same format and be produced in the same broad timescales as other divisional plans; all of which will improve the lot of the IT planner. IS/IT strategic planning must become an accepted part of the business planning cycle, feeding and feeding off the IT division´s customers´ plans