What is the relationship among an organization's IT planning, information system projects, information systems and business?

After reading your question, I feel both exciting and embarrassing, because it is difficult, so I feel exciting (if I don't pursue excitement, I guess no one wants to answer such a question); Because this question is very big, not only the scope, concept and content, it is difficult to answer clearly. So I describe it in plain language. Although it may not be accurate, it is easy to understand. Anyway, I'm not writing a thesis or giving an academic report, and the accuracy is about the same. As long as you feel a little clue and thinking after reading it, my goal has been achieved.

This problem involves four concepts: planning, project, system and business, mainly aiming at information system. In this issue, firstly, the two terms IT (information technology) and information system are understood as the same, and are collectively referred to as information system in this paper, because in this issue, the purposes of these two concepts are the same or similar.

1. planning: planning is a plan, but this plan has two characteristics, one is comprehensive and the other is long-term. For the purpose of asking this question, you may be responsible for the information system construction of a unit, and it is from scratch. Therefore, when making this plan, you should first consider what goals your organization's information system should achieve, what subsystems it has, what functions it should achieve, what scope it should cover, how long it should be stable, and so on, and then form the topological structure of the system and each subsystem. The following figures are examples of information system infrastructure planning and subsystem topology diagram respectively.

Information system infrastructure plan

Topology diagram of computer network subsystems, each subsystem needs to plan this topology structure.

After the planning is completed, it needs to be distributed to various application departments for comments, and there will be many improvements. After the finalization, we will enter the next link-project establishment.

Second, the project and business: First of all, the project is a process, generally the whole process of doing one thing. The basis of doing this is planning, and the purpose is to achieve the goals in the planning within the specified time and investment. On the other hand, the project is to carry out the planned project implementation, that is, to start work.

After planning, the funds have been put in place and the construction period has been set. As the person in charge of the information system, it is necessary to plan. During this period, the first thing is to find the partner, that is, the implementation unit of the project. Usually through multi-party selection and screening, a safe unit is determined to implement. Various forms, such as bidding, are actually a business.

Business is business. For you, as Party A, how to get the best results with the least investment, and as the project implementer you choose-Party B, how to get the maximum benefits with the least effort. In the process of contradictions between the two sides, bargaining finally reached a balance point-the focus of cooperation between the two sides.

Therefore, the project and business are two organic aspects, and the implementation process of the project is also a business process, which is only understood from different aspects. That's what I mean when I say this question, because there are overlapping and separation between concepts, and it is difficult to make it clear in a theoretical way and a standardized way. I wonder if you can understand this popular way now.

Third, the system: First of all, the system is not an individual, it is a collection, which is composed of several interrelated small systems to achieve the same goal and achieve the same function.

On this issue, through business and project implementation, the planning objectives have been achieved. Now, what is living in front of you, these words and drawings have become practical things, and you and your colleagues can use them. At this time, the planning concept will be transformed into a system. This is the information system you need. He can provide you with practical applications in all aspects of informatization that your organization needs, such as computers can access the Internet and telephones can make calls, which is easy to understand.

To answer this question and understand it, we need to look at it from different sides, one side is positive and the other is negative, but no matter which side, we must dissect the concepts of different levels, different angles and even different fields in order to understand it. Everything is related, which is dialectics, so we can answer your question with popular concepts and far-fetched forms, and maybe we can't quit. Maybe at some stage you will experience some of the above descriptions.

20 13.06.27 Wuxi