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five stages in SISP: strategic awareness, situation analysis, strategy
conception, strategy formulation, and strategy implementation (Newkirk and Lederer
2007 ).
Strategic awareness is the seminal stage in which key planning issues are

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de ned through team meetings and top management committees. Situation analysis

allows for the examination of the context and available systems at the moment of
planning. Strategy conception then implies establishing the objectives and pin-
pointing where the systems can be improved in order to facilitate those objectives.
Strategy formulation is the shaping of the strategy, through new business processes,
IT architectures and more speci c projects. Finally, strategy implementation is

when action and management plans are de ned, as well as follow-up and control

procedures (Newkirk and Lederer 2007 ) (Fig. 7.7 ).
SISP is widely accepted as a success model for IS, nonetheless, there are two
core elements of its approach that have been given insuf

cient accentuation:
planning process and planning progress. In order to demonstrate how companies
can potentiate the effectiveness and reap the bene ts of their trust in SISP, it is

paramount to understand the planning process and the way in which it is attained.
Also, it becomes essential to monitor the evolution of the planning process, to see
how it changes through its different stages (Grover and Segars 2005 ). Finally, it is
essential to understand how SISP can be improved and what elements are vital to its
effectiveness.
According to authors Bechor et al. ( 2010 ), there are three main categories under
which it is possible to place the variables involved in determining SISP success: key
success factors, planning approach, and planning context.
Key success factors account for the required conditions to ensure SISP s success,

such as user participation. However, the authors add that it is not possible to predict
SISP success based solely on these factors, which need to be integrated in a wider
model comprised of more variables.
The planning approach concerns the style of the planning itself. It refers to the
different angles that may guide the planning process, de

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ning its timeline and focus,

often through a commercial perspective.

Fig. 7.7 Process of strategic information systems planning, according to Newkirk and Lederer
( 2007 )