ISSPSS: A Decision Support System for Information Systems Strategic Planning

This paper describes a Decision Support System (DSS) for strategic planning of Information Systems (IS) named ISSPSS (Information Systems Strategic Planning Support System) and the experience of its implementation. The system addresses three core issues of the IS strategic planning process: identifying the importance and role of information systems in the organization, defining IS objectives based on organizational objectives and critical success factors and formulating hardware distribution policy. The system’s output is designed to guide an organization in formulating a policy for organizational information resource.