This stage of the ADM contains the tasks which perform the enterprise's strategic planning aspect of the information systems life cycle. The objective of this stage is to identify those business areas (broad, major information system projects) which are significant to the enterprise's strategic information needs. The University's information system architecture and data architecture are defined and the business areas are prioritized. This stage also addresses the funding of strategic information systems projects.
Stage Scope : The University as an enterprise.
Stage Input : UCD's business functions, information requirements and perceived need for increased technology support.
Stage Tasks :
A1.1 Plan the SEM Project.
A1.2 Create coarse grain enterprise information model.
A1.3 Approve coarse grain enterprise information model.
A1.4. Refine enterprise information model.
A1.5 Approve fine grain enterprise information model.
A1.6. Inventory existing information systems.
A1.7 Develop information systems architecture.
A1.8 Develop action plan.
A1.9 Approve action plan.
A1.10 Identify information resource management principles.
A1.11 Characterize current technology environment.
A1.12 Characterize target technology environment.
A1.13 Define technology migration plan.
A1.14 Manage the introduction of new technology.
Stage Output : One or more defined (scoped) business areas; each with a defined set of business activities and data. Another type of stage output can be budgetary approval for a slate of one or more information systems projects. A third type of output is the formulation of a business person's request for the creation of an information system to produce needed business information.
D1.1 SEM Project Plan.
D1.2 Inventory of Enterprise Directions and Concerns.
D1.3 Inventory of Enterprise Business Locations and Organization Units.
D1.4 Inventory of Business Functions.
D1.5 Inventory of Subject Areas.
D1.6 Association of Business Functions with Subject Areas, Enterprise Directions, Concerns, Business Locations and Organization Units.
D1.7 Association of Subject Areas with Enterprise Directions, Concerns, Business Locations and Organization Units.
D1.8 Scope of Fine Grain Information Model.
D1.9 Inventory of Business Processes.
D1.10 Inventory of Entity Types.
D1.11 Association of Business Processes with Enterprise Business Locations, Organization Units, Entity Types, Enterprise Directions and Concerns.
D1.12 Association of Entity Types with Enterprise Directions, Concerns, Business Locations and Organization Units.
D1.13 Inventory of Mechanisms and Data Collections.
D1.14 Assessments of Mechanisms and Data Collections.
D1.15 Associations of Existing Information Systems to Enterprise Activities, Data, Business Locations and Organization Units.
D1.16 Information Systems Architecture.
D1.17 Data Architecture.
D1.18 Prioritized Business Areas.
D1.19 Approved Strategic Enterprise Information Plan.
D1.20 Information Resource Management Principles.
D1.21 Characterization of Current Technology Environment.
D1.22 Characterization of Target Technology Environment.
D1.23 Technology Migration Plan.
D1.24 Inventory of Emerging Technologies.
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