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Business System Planning is a method for analyzing, defining and designing an information architecture

Information Architecture

Information architecture is the art of expressing a model or concept of information used in activities that require explicit details of complex systems. Among these activities are library systems, Content Management Systems, web development, user interactions, database development, programming,...

of organization

Organization

An organization is a social group which distributes tasks for a collective goal. The word itself is derived from the Greek word organon, itself derived from the better-known word ergon - as we know `organ` - and it means a compartment for a particular job.There are a variety of legal types of...

s. It was first issued by IBM in 1981, though the initial work on BSP began in the early 1970s. At first, it was for IBM internal use only. Later it was made available to customer

Customer

A customer is usually used to refer to a current or potential buyer or user of the products of an individual or organization, called the supplier, seller, or vendor. This is typically through purchasing or renting goods or services...

s and this method became an important tool for many organizations. It is a very complex method dealing with data

Data

The term data refers to qualitative or quantitative attributes of a variable or set of variables. Data are typically the results of measurements and can be the basis of graphs, images, or observations of a set of variables. Data are often viewed as the lowest level of abstraction from which...

, processes, strategies

Strategy

Strategy, a word of military origin, refers to a plan of action designed to achieve a particular goal. In military usage strategy is distinct from tactics, which are concerned with the conduct of an engagement, while strategy is concerned with how different engagements are linked...

, aims and organizational department

Departmentalization

Departmentalization refers to the process of grouping activities into departments.Division of labour creates specialists who need coordination. This coordination is facilitated by grouping specialists together in departments....

s which are interconnected. BSP brings new approach to design an information architecture

Information Architecture

and its goals are to:

understand the issues and opportunities with the current applications and technical architecture
Technical architecture
Technical architecture is one of several architecture domains that form the pillars of an enterprise architecture or solution architecture. It describes the structure and behaviour of the technology infrastructure of an enterprise, solution or system...
develop a future state and migration path for the technology that supports the enterprise
Business
A business is an organization engaged in the trade of goods, services, or both to consumers. Businesses are predominant in capitalist economies, where most of them are privately owned and administered to earn profit to increase the wealth of their owners. Businesses may also be not-for-profit...
provide business executives with a direction and decision making framework for IT capital expenditures
provide information system (IS)
Information system
An information system - or application landscape - is any combination of information technology and people's activities that support operations, management, and decision making. In a very broad sense, the term information system is frequently used to refer to the interaction between people,...

with a blueprint
Blueprint
A blueprint is a type of paper-based reproduction usually of a technical drawing, documenting an architecture or an engineering design. More generally, the term "blueprint" has come to be used to refer to any detailed plan....

for development

The result of a BSP project is an actionable roadmap

Technology roadmap

A technology roadmap is a plan that matches short-term and long-term goals with specific technology solutions to help meet those goals. It is a plan that applies to a new product or process, or to an emerging technology. Developing a roadmap has three major uses...

that aligns technology investments to business strategy

Strategic management

Strategic management is a field that deals with the major intended and emergent initiatives taken by general managers on behalf of owners, involving utilization of resources, to enhance the performance of ﬁrms in their external environments...

.

BSP procedure

Procedure (term)

A procedure is a sequence of actions or operations which have to be executed in the same manner in order to always obtain the same result under the same circumstances ....

contains 15 steps which are classified into three main sections according to their functions.

Obtain authorization for the study

The very first step of BSP is to obtain authorization for the study from management

Management

Management in all business and organizational activities is the act of getting people together to accomplish desired goals and objectives using available resources efficiently and effectively...

or a department

Departmentalization

interested in this study. There is no use to proceed in the study without this document. There are a number of roles which have to agree on the purpose and range of the study. These roles are as following:

Management member (Director)
- can also operates as a sponsor or a team leader
  Team leader
  A team leader or team lead is someone who provides guidance, instruction, direction, leadership to a group of other individuals for the purpose of achieving a key result or group of aligned results. The team lead reports to a project manager...
- verifies and approves final results of the study

Sponsor
- provides with the financial support for the study

Team leader
Team leader
A team leader or team lead is someone who provides guidance, instruction, direction, leadership to a group of other individuals for the purpose of achieving a key result or group of aligned results. The team lead reports to a project manager...
- chooses and leads the team members (apr. 4-7 persons)
- coordinates activities
- guarantees early documentation
- has 8 weeks to carry out the study (it is usually more)
- presents final results to the management
  Management
  Management in all business and organizational activities is the act of getting people together to accomplish desired goals and objectives using available resources efficiently and effectively...

Team member
- is usually a leader of certain organization
  Organization
  An organization is a social group which distributes tasks for a collective goal. The word itself is derived from the Greek word organon, itself derived from the better-known word ergon - as we know `organ` - and it means a compartment for a particular job.There are a variety of legal types of...
  
  department
  Departmentalization
  Departmentalization refers to the process of grouping activities into departments.Division of labour creates specialists who need coordination. This coordination is facilitated by grouping specialists together in departments....
- analyses and determines information needs
  Information needs
  Information need is an individual or group's desire to locate and obtain information to satisfy a conscious or unconscious need. The ‘information’ and ‘need’ in ‘information need’ are inseparable interconnection. Needs and interests call forth information...
  
  of organization
  Organization
  An organization is a social group which distributes tasks for a collective goal. The word itself is derived from the Greek word organon, itself derived from the better-known word ergon - as we know `organ` - and it means a compartment for a particular job.There are a variety of legal types of...
- recommends future content of IS
  Information system
  An information system - or application landscape - is any combination of information technology and people's activities that support operations, management, and decision making. In a very broad sense, the term information system is frequently used to refer to the interaction between people,...
- presents final results to the management
  Management
  Management in all business and organizational activities is the act of getting people together to accomplish desired goals and objectives using available resources efficiently and effectively...

Secretary
Secretary
A secretary, or administrative assistant, is a person whose work consists of supporting management, including executives, using a variety of project management, communication & organizational skills. These functions may be entirely carried out to assist one other employee or may be for the benefit...
- guarantees documentation
  Documentation
  Documentation is a term used in several different ways. Generally, documentation refers to the process of providing evidence.Modules of Documentation are Helpful...
  
  of the study
- is also an assistant of the team leader
  Team leader
  A team leader or team lead is someone who provides guidance, instruction, direction, leadership to a group of other individuals for the purpose of achieving a key result or group of aligned results. The team lead reports to a project manager...

Study preparation

Second part of BSP is study preparation. The team leader

Team leader

A team leader or team lead is someone who provides guidance, instruction, direction, leadership to a group of other individuals for the purpose of achieving a key result or group of aligned results. The team lead reports to a project manager...

is responsible for this part and its goal is to:

set time plan
get all the necessary documents
choose managers
Management
Management in all business and organizational activities is the act of getting people together to accomplish desired goals and objectives using available resources efficiently and effectively...

for interview
Interview
An interview is a conversation between two people where questions are asked by the interviewer to obtain information from the interviewee.- Interview as a Method for Qualitative Research:"Definition" -...
ensure meeting and interview
Interview
An interview is a conversation between two people where questions are asked by the interviewer to obtain information from the interviewee.- Interview as a Method for Qualitative Research:"Definition" -...

space
inform team members about:
- fundamental functions of the organization
  Organization
  An organization is a social group which distributes tasks for a collective goal. The word itself is derived from the Greek word organon, itself derived from the better-known word ergon - as we know `organ` - and it means a compartment for a particular job.There are a variety of legal types of...
- data processing level of the organization
  Organization
  An organization is a social group which distributes tasks for a collective goal. The word itself is derived from the Greek word organon, itself derived from the better-known word ergon - as we know `organ` - and it means a compartment for a particular job.There are a variety of legal types of...

There is usually final product of this step, a book called Leading study book which contains all the necessary information

Information

Information in its most restricted technical sense is a message or collection of messages that consists of an ordered sequence of symbols, or it is the meaning that can be interpreted from such a message or collection of messages. Information can be recorded or transmitted. It can be recorded as...

mentioned above. It also contains concrete study schedule, documents relating to IT

Information technology

Information technology is the acquisition, processing, storage and dissemination of vocal, pictorial, textual and numerical information by a microelectronics-based combination of computing and telecommunications...

, diagram

Diagram

A diagram is a two-dimensional geometric symbolic representation of information according to some visualization technique. Sometimes, the technique uses a three-dimensional visualization which is then projected onto the two-dimensional surface...

s, etc.

Study beginning

At the beginning of the study there is so-called Kick-off meeting where:

sponsor presents
- the main purpose of the study
- expected results of the study
team leader
Team leader
A team leader or team lead is someone who provides guidance, instruction, direction, leadership to a group of other individuals for the purpose of achieving a key result or group of aligned results. The team lead reports to a project manager...

presents
- results of previous part
- plan of the study
IT
Information technology
Information technology is the acquisition, processing, storage and dissemination of vocal, pictorial, textual and numerical information by a microelectronics-based combination of computing and telecommunications...

manager
Management
Management in all business and organizational activities is the act of getting people together to accomplish desired goals and objectives using available resources efficiently and effectively...

presents
- the present state of IS
  Information system
  An information system - or application landscape - is any combination of information technology and people's activities that support operations, management, and decision making. In a very broad sense, the term information system is frequently used to refer to the interaction between people,...
- role of IS
  Information system
  An information system - or application landscape - is any combination of information technology and people's activities that support operations, management, and decision making. In a very broad sense, the term information system is frequently used to refer to the interaction between people,...
  
  within the organization
  Organization
  An organization is a social group which distributes tasks for a collective goal. The word itself is derived from the Greek word organon, itself derived from the better-known word ergon - as we know `organ` - and it means a compartment for a particular job.There are a variety of legal types of...

After this meeting the preparation part of the project is finished and we can proceed to the analytical part of the study.

Analytical part

Analytical part is the most important part of BSP. Team searches for appropriate organizational structure

Organizational structure

An organizational structure consists of activities such as task allocation, coordination and supervision, which are directed towards the achievement of organizational aims. It can also be considered as the viewing glass or perspective through which individuals see their organization and its...

and defines business strategy

Strategic management

, business process

Business process

A business process or business method is a collection of related, structured activities or tasks that produce a specific service or product for a particular customer or customers...

es, data classes and analyses current information

Information

support. From these for steps goes out all the others.

Define the business strategy

This step serves to define the strategic targets and the way how to achieve them within the organization

Organization

as:

Adaptation to the customer
Customer
A customer is usually used to refer to a current or potential buyer or user of the products of an individual or organization, called the supplier, seller, or vendor. This is typically through purchasing or renting goods or services...

´s desires
Centrally planned reservations, stock, customer
Customer
A customer is usually used to refer to a current or potential buyer or user of the products of an individual or organization, called the supplier, seller, or vendor. This is typically through purchasing or renting goods or services...

´s payments
Check-in improvement
Material movement improvement
New customer
Customer
A customer is usually used to refer to a current or potential buyer or user of the products of an individual or organization, called the supplier, seller, or vendor. This is typically through purchasing or renting goods or services...

s
Noise reduction
Paperless processes
Product portfolio expansion
Presentation improvement
Advertising
Advertising
Advertising is a form of communication used to persuade an audience to take some action with respect to products, ideas, or services. Most commonly, the desired result is to drive consumer behavior with respect to a commercial offering, although political and ideological advertising is also common...

improvement
Reduction of commitment losses
Reduction of material costs
Relations with business partners improvement
Stock management
Stock management
Stock management is the function of understanding the stock mix of a company and the different demands on that stock. The demands are influenced by both external and internal factors and are balanced by the creation of Purchase order requests to keep supplies at a reasonable or prescribed...

impovement
Simplification customer
Customer
A customer is usually used to refer to a current or potential buyer or user of the products of an individual or organization, called the supplier, seller, or vendor. This is typically through purchasing or renting goods or services...

´s order cycle
Transport coordination
Upgrade of production line
Production line
A production line is a set of sequential operations established in a factory whereby materials are put through a refining process to produce an end-product that is suitable for onward consumption; or components are assembled to make a finished article....
Up-to-date information
Information
Information in its most restricted technical sense is a message or collection of messages that consists of an ordered sequence of symbols, or it is the meaning that can be interpreted from such a message or collection of messages. Information can be recorded or transmitted. It can be recorded as...

Team is responsible for creating the main processes from these strategic targers. The final output

Output

Output is the term denoting either an exit or changes which exit a system and which activate/modify a process. It is an abstract concept, used in the modeling, system design and system exploitation.-In control theory:...

of this step is a matrix

Matrix (mathematics)

In mathematics, a matrix is a rectangular array of numbers, symbols, or expressions. The individual items in a matrix are called its elements or entries. An example of a matrix with six elements isMatrices of the same size can be added or subtracted element by element...

called Strategy / OU
Organizational Unit
In computing, an Organizational Unit provides a way of classifying objects located in directories, or names in a digital certificate hierarchy, typically used either to differentiate between objects with the same name , or to parcel out authority to create and manage objects In computing, an...

. Strategy contains particular strategic targets mentioned above. Organizational unit

Organizational Unit

In computing, an Organizational Unit provides a way of classifying objects located in directories, or names in a digital certificate hierarchy, typically used either to differentiate between objects with the same name , or to parcel out authority to create and manage objects In computing, an...

s are particular department

Departmentalization

s of the organization

Organization

(i.e. production

Production, costs, and pricing

The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to industrial organization:Industrial organization – describes the behavior of firms in the marketplace with regard to production, pricing, employment and other decisions...

, business

Business

A business is an organization engaged in the trade of goods, services, or both to consumers. Businesses are predominant in capitalist economies, where most of them are privately owned and administered to earn profit to increase the wealth of their owners. Businesses may also be not-for-profit...

, marketing

Marketing

Marketing is the process used to determine what products or services may be of interest to customers, and the strategy to use in sales, communications and business development. It generates the strategy that underlies sales techniques, business communication, and business developments...

, etc.). Every single department

Departmentalization

is considered to have a responsibility for each strategic target. There is a cross written down in the matrix

Matrix (mathematics)

in case of primary responsibility. There is a slash written down in the matrix

Matrix (mathematics)

in case of partial responsibility.

Strategy / OU	Technical	Administration	Operational	Transport	Marketing	IT department
Paperless processes	x	x	x	x	x	x
Transport coordination	x	x	x	x
Noise reduction	x	/	x
Check-in improvement			x	x
New customers				x	x
MM improvement						x

_{* MM improvement = material movement improvement}

_{* This is only a part of a large BSP analysis considering Aircraft cosporation}

_{* MatricesMatrix (mathematics)
In mathematics, a matrix is a rectangular array of numbers, symbols, or expressions. The individual items in a matrix are called its elements or entries. An example of a matrix with six elements isMatrices of the same size can be added or subtracted element by element...

can be adjusted to get the important informationInformation
Information in its most restricted technical sense is a message or collection of messages that consists of an ordered sequence of symbols, or it is the meaning that can be interpreted from such a message or collection of messages. Information can be recorded or transmitted. It can be recorded as...

(crosses in the matricesMatrix (mathematics)
In mathematics, a matrix is a rectangular array of numbers, symbols, or expressions. The individual items in a matrix are called its elements or entries. An example of a matrix with six elements isMatrices of the same size can be added or subtracted element by element...

are usually adjusted crossways)}

_{* Crosses and slashes in all the matricesMatrix (mathematics)
In mathematics, a matrix is a rectangular array of numbers, symbols, or expressions. The individual items in a matrix are called its elements or entries. An example of a matrix with six elements isMatrices of the same size can be added or subtracted element by element...

can be marked in many other ways then it shows my example}

Define the business processes

There are several business process

Business process

A business process or business method is a collection of related, structured activities or tasks that produce a specific service or product for a particular customer or customers...

es (activities) within every organization

Organization

. The most important is to choose the most relevant ones which are profitable for the organization

Organization

and select the department

Departmentalization

which is responsible for the particular process. There is usually about 40-60 business process

Business process

A business process or business method is a collection of related, structured activities or tasks that produce a specific service or product for a particular customer or customers...

es depending on the size of the organization

Organization

. There are some examples of them:

Contacts creation
Hangaring
Invoicing
Invoice
An invoice or bill is a commercial document issued by a seller to the buyer, indicating the products, quantities, and agreed prices for products or services the seller has provided the buyer. An invoice indicates the buyer must pay the seller, according to the payment terms...
Monitoring
Plane
Plane
-Physical objects:* Aeroplane or airplane, a fixed-wing aircraft* Plane , a woodworking tool to smooth surfaces* Platanus, a genus of trees with the common name "plane"* Acer pseudoplatanus, a tree species sometimes called "plane"...

coordination
Coordination
Coordination is the act of coordinating, making different people or things work together for a goal or effect to fulfill desired goals in an organization.Coordination is a managerial function in which different activities of the business are properly adjusted and interlinked.Coordination may also...
Plane
Plane
-Physical objects:* Aeroplane or airplane, a fixed-wing aircraft* Plane , a woodworking tool to smooth surfaces* Platanus, a genus of trees with the common name "plane"* Acer pseudoplatanus, a tree species sometimes called "plane"...

service
Registration of a new customer
Customer
A customer is usually used to refer to a current or potential buyer or user of the products of an individual or organization, called the supplier, seller, or vendor. This is typically through purchasing or renting goods or services...
Service Catalog
Service Catalog
A service catalog , as defined in Information Technology Infrastructure Library Service Design, is a list of services that an organization provides, often to its employees or customers...

creation
Service reservation
Employee training
Training
The term training refers to the acquisition of knowledge, skills, and competencies as a result of the teaching of vocational or practical skills and knowledge that relate to specific useful competencies. It forms the core of apprenticeships and provides the backbone of content at institutes of...
Transfer
Car rental
Car rental
A car rental or car hire agency is a company that rents automobiles for short periods of time for a fee...

The final output

Output

of this step are two matrices

Matrix (mathematics)

called Processes / OU
Organizational Unit
In computing, an Organizational Unit provides a way of classifying objects located in directories, or names in a digital certificate hierarchy, typically used either to differentiate between objects with the same name , or to parcel out authority to create and manage objects In computing, an...

and Processes / Strategy using the same describing system as the matrix

Matrix (mathematics)

Strategy / OU

Organizational Unit

Processes / OU	Operational	Technical	Administration	Transport	IT department	Marketing
Training	x	x	x	x	x	x
Monitoring	x	x	x	x
Plane coordination	x	x
Plane service	/	x			x
Hangaring	x	x	x
Reservation	x			x	x

Processes / Strategy	Paperless processes	Transport coordination	Check-in improvement	Noise reduction	MM improvement	New custumers
Training	x	x	x		x	x
Plane coordination	x	x	x	x
Plane service	x	x		x
Hangaring	x	x		/
Reservation	x	x
Monitoring	x	/	x

Define the data classes

It is necessary to create data classes (DC, Entities

Entity

An entity is something that has a distinct, separate existence, although it need not be a material existence. In particular, abstractions and legal fictions are usually regarded as entities. In general, there is also no presumption that an entity is animate.An entity could be viewed as a set...

) which represent data classes of the particular organizational unit

Organizational Unit

s. There is usually about 30-60 data classes depending on the size of the organization

Organization

. Future IS

Information system

An information system - or application landscape - is any combination of information technology and people's activities that support operations, management, and decision making. In a very broad sense, the term information system is frequently used to refer to the interaction between people,...

is about to use database

Database

A database is an organized collection of data for one or more purposes, usually in digital form. The data are typically organized to model relevant aspects of reality , in a way that supports processes requiring this information...

s based on these data classes.
There are several examples of data classes:

Accommodation
Accommodation
Accommodation may refer to:* A dwelling* A place of temporary lodging* Accommodation , a theological principle linked to divine revelation within the Christian church* Accommodation , a term used in United States contract law...
Branch
Permanent establishment
A permanent establishment is a fixed place of business which generally gives rise to income or value added tax liability in a particular jurisdiction. The term is defined in many income tax treaties and most European Union Value Added Tax systems. The tax systems in some civil law countries...
Corporation
Corporation
A corporation is created under the laws of a state as a separate legal entity that has privileges and liabilities that are distinct from those of its members. There are many different forms of corporations, most of which are used to conduct business. Early corporations were established by charter...
Customer
Customer
A customer is usually used to refer to a current or potential buyer or user of the products of an individual or organization, called the supplier, seller, or vendor. This is typically through purchasing or renting goods or services...
Employee
Invoice
Invoice
An invoice or bill is a commercial document issued by a seller to the buyer, indicating the products, quantities, and agreed prices for products or services the seller has provided the buyer. An invoice indicates the buyer must pay the seller, according to the payment terms...
Load
Load
Load may refer to:*Structural load, forces which are applied to a structure*Cargo*The load of a mutual fund *The genetic load of a population*The parasite load of an organism...
Plane
Plane
-Physical objects:* Aeroplane or airplane, a fixed-wing aircraft* Plane , a woodworking tool to smooth surfaces* Platanus, a genus of trees with the common name "plane"* Acer pseudoplatanus, a tree species sometimes called "plane"...
Purchase order
Purchase order
A purchase order is a commercial document issued by a buyer to a seller, indicating types, quantities, and agreed prices for products or services the seller will provide to the buyer. Sending a purchase order to a supplier constitutes a legal offer to buy products or services...
Service Catalog
Service Catalog
A service catalog , as defined in Information Technology Infrastructure Library Service Design, is a list of services that an organization provides, often to its employees or customers...
Supplier
Vehicle
Vehicle
A vehicle is a device that is designed or used to transport people or cargo. Most often vehicles are manufactured, such as bicycles, cars, motorcycles, trains, ships, boats, and aircraft....

The final output

Output

of this step are three matrices

Matrix (mathematics)

called Data classes / Processes, Data classes / Strategy and Data classes / OU
Organizational Unit
In computing, an Organizational Unit provides a way of classifying objects located in directories, or names in a digital certificate hierarchy, typically used either to differentiate between objects with the same name , or to parcel out authority to create and manage objects In computing, an...

using the same describing system as all the matrices

Matrix (mathematics)

mentioned above.

DC / Processes	Monitoring	Training	Plane coordination	Hangaring	Plane service	Reservation
Corporation			/	/	x	x
Plane			x	x	x
Employee	/	x			/
Customer						x
Load	x
Supplier	/	/				x

DC / Strategy	Transport coordination	Paperless processes	MM improvement	Noise reduction	New customers	Check-in improvement
Corporation	x	x	x	x		/
Customer	x	x	x		x
Supplier	/	x	x
Plane	/		x	x
Load		x	x		/
Employee		/				/

DC / OU	Operational	Technical	IT department	Administration	Transport	Marketing
Plane	x	x
Corporation	x			x	x
Customer					x	x
Load					x	/
Supplier	/
Employee	/	/	/	/	/	/

Analyse current information support

The main aim of this part is to check all the applications used by organization

Organization

which has to consider information

Information

support of each application and think of its importance. The final output

Output

of this step is so-called Information
Information
Information in its most restricted technical sense is a message or collection of messages that consists of an ordered sequence of symbols, or it is the meaning that can be interpreted from such a message or collection of messages. Information can be recorded or transmitted. It can be recorded as...

al cross which contains some of the matrices

Matrix (mathematics)

mentioned above: Processes(Activities) / OU

Organizational Unit

(functions) and Data classes(Entities

Entity

) / OU

Organizational Unit

. During this step are also defined information subsystems

Information system

which plays an important role in the other two matrices

Matrix (mathematics)

called IS
Information system
An information system - or application landscape - is any combination of information technology and people's activities that support operations, management, and decision making. In a very broad sense, the term information system is frequently used to refer to the interaction between people,...

/ Entities
Entity
An entity is something that has a distinct, separate existence, although it need not be a material existence. In particular, abstractions and legal fictions are usually regarded as entities. In general, there is also no presumption that an entity is animate.An entity could be viewed as a set...

and IS
Information system
An information system - or application landscape - is any combination of information technology and people's activities that support operations, management, and decision making. In a very broad sense, the term information system is frequently used to refer to the interaction between people,...

/ Activities. There are now four matrices

Matrix (mathematics)

which are used to create the information

Information

al cross. Its main aim is to catch the most important dependencies and responsibilities within the organization

Organization

and can also lead to appropriate elimination of redundancies.

Discuss the analysis results with management

This step should be the last during the analytical part. Team debates on up to now achieved results with the management

Management

Management in all business and organizational activities is the act of getting people together to accomplish desired goals and objectives using available resources efficiently and effectively...

. The main purpose of this step is to:

consider all the matrices
Matrix (mathematics)
In mathematics, a matrix is a rectangular array of numbers, symbols, or expressions. The individual items in a matrix are called its elements or entries. An example of a matrix with six elements isMatrices of the same size can be added or subtracted element by element...

and information
Information
Information in its most restricted technical sense is a message or collection of messages that consists of an ordered sequence of symbols, or it is the meaning that can be interpreted from such a message or collection of messages. Information can be recorded or transmitted. It can be recorded as...

al cross
confirm presumptions relating to processes and datas
fill in the missing information
Information
Information in its most restricted technical sense is a message or collection of messages that consists of an ordered sequence of symbols, or it is the meaning that can be interpreted from such a message or collection of messages. Information can be recorded or transmitted. It can be recorded as...
reveal deficiencies within the organization
Organization
An organization is a social group which distributes tasks for a collective goal. The word itself is derived from the Greek word organon, itself derived from the better-known word ergon - as we know `organ` - and it means a compartment for a particular job.There are a variety of legal types of...
establish future priorities

The final output

Output

of this part strongly depends on the quality of prepared question.

Issue the analysis results

There are gathered all the documents created during the preceding analysis. These documents server as a base for the future information architecture

Information Architecture

. The organization

Organization

classifies and dissects all the came out problems. There is prepared a list of causes and their effects for each problem and all the problems are put into the relation with the future IS

Information system

Define the information architecture

The main goal of this step is to define the information architecture

Information Architecture

of the organization

Organization

. It is necessary to connect all the information subsystems

Information system

to the logical complex. There is usually used the matrix

Matrix (mathematics)

Processes / Data classes in order to find appropriate subsystems. Organization

Organization

then generally:

reorder processes according to the product or service life cycle
reorder data classes to get the squares "creates" along the main diagonal
eventually aggregates processes and data classes into logical groups which then create particular information subsystems
Information system
An information system - or application landscape - is any combination of information technology and people's activities that support operations, management, and decision making. In a very broad sense, the term information system is frequently used to refer to the interaction between people,...

Establish priorities for IS development

Which IS

Information system

implement first? There are criteria (i.e. costs, development time, etc.) which should lead to establish the right order of system implementation. There are always subsystems with the highest priority which are about to be analysed more deeply. The information

Information

are presented to the sponsor who can decide which information subsystems

Information system

will be developed and which not.

Verify the impact of study to IS managing

There should be carried out a study about IS

Information system

from the view of their planning

Planning

Planning in organizations and public policy is both the organizational process of creating and maintaining a plan; and the psychological process of thinking about the activities required to create a desired goal on some scale. As such, it is a fundamental property of intelligent behavior...

and managing

Management

Management in all business and organizational activities is the act of getting people together to accomplish desired goals and objectives using available resources efficiently and effectively...

. Once the organization

Organization

has finished the work on processes and data classes it should explore the main functions of the system and their goals. There can arise unexpected difficulties which are about to be eliminated.
The final output

Output

of this step is:

a list of requested changes in particular department
Departmentalization
Departmentalization refers to the process of grouping activities into departments.Division of labour creates specialists who need coordination. This coordination is facilitated by grouping specialists together in departments....

s
a calculation of costs necessary to re/built the IS
Information system
An information system - or application landscape - is any combination of information technology and people's activities that support operations, management, and decision making. In a very broad sense, the term information system is frequently used to refer to the interaction between people,...

Next procedure proposal

There are made final recommendations and realisation plan for the organization

Organization

during this step. It considers information architecture

Information Architecture

, IS

Information system

managing

Management

Management in all business and organizational activities is the act of getting people together to accomplish desired goals and objectives using available resources efficiently and effectively...

and the sequence of information subsystems

Information system

development. An important part of the plan procedure is are expected costs, profits a schedule for future activities.

Results presentation

This step contains the final agreement of all interested parties (team, management

Management

Management in all business and organizational activities is the act of getting people together to accomplish desired goals and objectives using available resources efficiently and effectively...

, sponsor). All the interested parties should agree on the future actions.

Next procedure

This is the final part of BSP. The organization

Organization

should establish all the particular responsibilities during the project implementation. There is usually a controlling commission which ensures the consistency across the IS

Information system

.

BSP, in addition to its value for IS

Information system

planning

Planning

, also made two other important intellectual contributions:

It helped introduce the process view of the firm. The popular Business Process Re-engineering
Business process reengineering
Business process re-engineering is the analysis and design of workflows and processes within an organization.According to Davenport a business process is a set of logically related tasks performed to achieve a defined business outcome....

of the 1990s was built on this concept.
It pointed out the need to de-couple data from the applications that use these data, i.e., data independence. This supported the database approach to systems development
Software development methodology
A software development methodology or system development methodology in software engineering is a framework that is used to structure, plan, and control the process of developing an information system.- History :...

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