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The purpose of strategic planning for information systems (spis) is to provide a systematic process for developing a long-range plan for information systems on the basis of the organization’s overall strategic plan. For an organization to perform spis properly, it must consider both the organizational and the technical aspects of planning. The organizational aspect emphasizes the necessity of an integrated information systems plan and its close link to the organization’s objectives. The technical aspect emphasizes the necessity of planning for information systems architecture (isa).

A framework is proposed for (1) showing how the planning efforts should be coordinated in the form of a specific sequence of events for planning, modeling, and designing the isa, (2) identifying organizational entities that should initiate and coordinate planning, modeling, and designing the isa, (3) identifying the required processes for …