Information Systems in the Organization

Information Systems in the Organization

• Basic IT Organizational Structure

Infrastructure Management

• People
• Organization
• Motivation
• Technology
• Hardware
• Software

• System Administration
• Acquiring Resources
• Maintaining Existing Resources
• IT Security

Emerging Issues Steve Andriole, If I Only Knew 7 Things, Datamation, July 8,2004

• Regulatory Trends: Internet taxation, privacy, intellectual property.
• Interoperability: Web services, interoperability.
• Supply Chain: Wal-mart end to end, Dell no inventory, dynamic pricing, RFID
• Architecture: Thin client/fat client, super servers, distributed processing, standards

Emerging Issues (cont.) Steve Andriole, If I Only Knew 7 Things, Datamation, July 8,2004

• Sourcing: Outsourcing, IT “utilities”, partnering
• Infrastructure: Will the Internet survive, security, viruses, spam, etc.
• Emerging Technologies: Wireless, AI, RFID, etc.

People

It is Not All About Technology

• Traditional IT
• Centralized control
• Resource restrictions
• Formal methodologies and discipline
• Careful planning
• Administrative support

• New IT
• Distributed control
• Resource expansion
• Few methodologies and unrestricted access
• Rapid development
• Strategic impact

Requirements for Successful IT

• Well understood vision
• Single team approach
• Business financial justifications
• Internal marketing
• Reengineering skills
• Political awareness and support

Roles

• Steering Committee
• CIO
• Manager
• Project Manager
• Analyst
• Programmer
• Systems Programmer
• User