SBM4202 Week 8 Afternoon Session, T1, 2021

The application portfolio is a means of bringing together existing, planned and potential investments in information systems and then managing them according to their business contribution.

• Agree

• Disagree

• Maybe

• No opinion

Gaining business management understanding and agreement on the mix and pattern of contributions expected from current and future business applications is the_________

• Cornerstone of any digital strategy

• Best strategy

• Best IS strategy

• Right strategy

• All of the above

Evidence from research also suggests that using a transparent portfolio management approach, which makes all the plans and resourcing decisions visible to both business and IS/IT management, can increase trust and improve working relationships.

• True

• False

• Maybe

• No opinion

A number of (a)   have been produced to help management decision making with respect to IS/IT planning, utilization and resourcing. Some conclusions from the analysis of the early versions are useful to show how the ideas and concepts are generally complementary, even convergent.

________is/are attractive because they reduce an apparently infinite continuum of alternatives to a manageable, pertinent number of discrete options from which high-level directions can be determined.

• Matrix analysis

• Matrix

• Portfolio analysis

• All of the above

________ that produce benefits by business integration or sharing of assets require strong business coordination, competent IS/IT management and sustained investment in resources.

• Applications

• Portfolio analysis

• Investments

• Strategic analysis

Classifying an organization's existing and future applications using the portfolio helps resolve many of the issues in achieving a consensus among executive management, line managers and the IT management on the content of the IS strategy.

• Agree

• Disagree

• Maybe

• No opinion

According to SWOT analysis, a firm with sophisticated technology is an example of:

• Strength

• Weakness

• Threat

• Opportunity

An application utilizing cutting-edge technology does not imply that it is automatically classified as strategic – the classification must be based on business contribution.

• True

• False

• Maybe

• Not sure

ES do not normally fit into any one of the four portfolio segments, given the activities covered and the range of potential benefits available

• Agree

• Disagree

• Maybe

• No opinion