Structured Systems Planning.

Author List: Highsmith, Jim;

MIS Quarterly, 1981, Volume 5, Issue 3, Page 35-54.

Information systems planning is of growing interest to many MIS practitioners. This article postulates that one key element missing from most literature on systems planning is the transition from a strategic plan to an executable, operational plan. The article then describes the application of "structured" tools and methodology to assist in improving this transition task. The process and the examples explained in the article were taken from the author's experience in implementing them while at Oglethorpe Power Corporation in Atlanta, Georgia.

Keywords: Systems planning; structured techniques; strategic planning; operational planning

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#78	0.273	planning strategic process management plan operational implementation critical used tactical effectiveness number identified activities years effective developed issues empirical plans
#127	0.106	systems information research theory implications practice discussed findings field paper practitioners role general important key grounded researchers domain new identified
#294	0.088	development systems methodology methodologies information framework approach approaches paper analysis use presented applied assumptions based proposed described examines basis proposes