4. Compressed Product & Processes Lifecycle
Shortening the window for recouping from
the huge expenses associated with the
development of a given product
Time to market is also a crucial factor in
business environment.
5. Organization with align business & It strategies
• Significant business returns
• Firm survival and success
• Add value to firm’s effectiveness
• Linkage among competitive strategies
• Information technologies and performance
• Reduce costs
• create new products and business solutions
• Create new way of working
Weiss & Anderson, (2004).
6. Organization without align business & It strategies
• Inability to invest IT dollars wisely
• Inability to gain credibility with the business
• Inability to provide proactive measures rather than
reactive services
• Inability to attract and retain appropriate business skills
• Inability to measure IT’s contribution to the business
• Inability to communicate strategies to employees and
link these strategies to budgets
Weiss & Anderson, (2004).
7. Continental Airlines
Customer loyalty has become crucial
Call Miner from witness systems
It records conversations and captures every keystroke
mining the data to help craft marketing plans and shape overall
strategy
Harris soon: use the system to drive business decisions
Weiss, J. W., Ph, D., St, F., & Anderson, D. (2004). Aligning Technology and Business Strategy : Issues & Frameworks , A Field Study of 15 Companies, 00(C), 1-10.