The Strategic Management of Information Systems: Building a Digital Strategy [Paperback]

• A comprehensively updated revision of a book regarded by many as one the leading and authoritative titles for practitioners, academics and students in the domain of information systems and technology (IS/IT) strategy.
• Presents a structured framework with tools, techniques and ways of thinking which provide a practical approach to building a digital strategy, expressed primarily in the language of business and management.
• Brings together the implications of the significant advances in IT and the most useful current thinking, research, and experiences concerning the business impact and strategic opportunities created by IS/IT.
• Peppard and Ward discuss the key questions that managers have to grapple with of where, when and how to invest in IS/IT, which is why a IS/IT (or digital) strategy is required.

Preface to the Fourth Edition ix

About the Authors xvii

1 The Evolving Role of Information Systems and Technology in Organizations: A Strategic Perspective 1

Information Systems (IS), Information Technology (IT) and Digital 2

Digital Disruption: The Impact of IS/IT 7

A Threeera Model of Evolving IT Application in Organizations 15

A Classification of the Strategic Uses of IS/IT 17

Success Factors in Strategic Information Systems 25

A Portfolio Management Perspective on IS/IT Investments 27

What Is an IS/IT or Digital Strategy? 29

From Strategic Alignment to Strategy Coevolution 35

Digital Strategies for the 21st Century: Building a Dynamic Capability to Leverage IS/IT 39

Summary 43

Endnotes 44