Information Strategy And ArchitecturePlanning Of Aliner Company

With the quick development of information technology, IT has been indispensable for implementation of enterprise strategy.But although enterprise management has attached more and more importance to IT system, it often tends to deviate from the course due to imperfect ISP (Information SystemPlanning). How should enterprise carry out ISP so that it can align with Enterprise strategy? It’s always a complicated question concerned by IT management.A company is one of leading liner enterprises. A built a centralized IT system with IBM mainframe since the1980s. In the past nearly30years, A dedicated to fulfill’ excellent service’ enterprise strategy by all means which include improving and updating the high cost centralized IT system constantly. However, since the global financial crisis in2008, and as a result of international trade volume declining and transport capacity of shipping companies rising, and service differentiation of liner companies shrinking, A enterprise has to consider to adjust the current enterprise strategy. The IT project Remodel will be regarded as one of enabler to implement A new enterprise strategy, and be attached high importance by corporate executive.Based on the strategic significance of Remodel project, this thesis will research how to carry out ISP for A enterprise based on SAM (Strategic Alignment Model). Firstly the thesis will refer to the existing scientific theories and practical experiences of ISP, and identify the connotation of ISP which includes ISSP (Information System Strategy Planning) and ISAP(Information System ArchitecturePlanning). ISSP focus on the external area of SAM, and ISAP focus on the internal area of SAM. Secondly, this thesis will adopt Accenturemethodology for ISSP which is closely around enterprise strategy, and will have integration validation between enterprise strategy and information system strategy through Strategic Matching Degree Measurement Model. Thirdly, at the beginning of ISAP, the value chain system will be inferred from A enterprise strategy, thereby, to accomplish the suitability between SAM external area and SAM internal area.Following, this thesis will introduceTOGAF (The Open Group Architecture Framework)into ISAP. ISAP is driven by business architecture, and sequentially infers to data architecture, applicationarchitecture and technology architecture, thereby, accomplishing the integration validation between enterprise operation and ISA (Information System Architecture).Regarding innovations in this thesis, firstly, at present the research of SAM mainly focuson theoretical level without practical case, but this thesis goes through SAM with theory and practical case of A enterprise. Secondly,this thesis introducesAccenturemethodology and TOGAF for ISP. As far as the author knows, there is no similar comprehensive research literature so far. Thirdly, this thesis is closely around business and technology from beginning to end, it can be referenced by other liner companies’ISP.