The Analyst’s Role in Strategic Planning

The solution given by the systems analyst may be related to business process reengineering (BPR), which is the technique used to search for an alternative to other activities (in contrast to a series of normal activity is done) of the business functions that must be performed in order to provide increased performance. The purpose of this study is radical improvement and not just incremental improvement. The business process reengineering (BPR), there is rarely need to discuss it with analysts of its executives in advance to be made a strategic planning or information systems strategic plan implementation plan related to mature solutions are recommended.

Strategic planning is a process by which executives will seek to answer questions about the company, such as how to position related business now, business position as to what you want to accomplish, and what should be done by the company to achieve the desired position. Meanwhile information systems strategic plan is a plan that defines the technology and any applications required by the information systems are built to support the achievement of the strategic plan of the company.

There are two planning that should be made in information systems strategic plan, namely

  1. Application architecture plan
  2. Technology architecture plan. 

Application architecture plan is a description of the integrated information system is needed to run the business functions of the company in accordance with the desired expectations. Meanwhile, technology architecture plan is a description of the hardware, software, and communication networks needed to implement information systems that are already planned.

Many of the executives who have brilliant ideas but sometimes have difficulty translating it in the form of supply of information systems. Therefore, make sure the system analyst, as You interview them to find out their views on the business you want to accomplish
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