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Enterprise Computing: Critical Success Factor Analysis For The Information Requirements of Enterprises

The document discusses critical success factors (CSFs) and how they can be used to assess changing information needs of businesses. CSFs are elements necessary for an organization to achieve its mission. They represent areas that must be given attention to drive high performance. The CSF method can help organizations identify key information needs, aid strategic planning, and ensure information systems continue to support business goals. Effective information management is also cited as a critical success factor, as information needs vary over time and systems must meet business requirements.

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Enterprise Computing: Critical Success Factor Analysis For The Information Requirements of Enterprises

The document discusses critical success factors (CSFs) and how they can be used to assess changing information needs of businesses. CSFs are elements necessary for an organization to achieve its mission. They represent areas that must be given attention to drive high performance. The CSF method can help organizations identify key information needs, aid strategic planning, and ensure information systems continue to support business goals. Effective information management is also cited as a critical success factor, as information needs vary over time and systems must meet business requirements.

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Enterprise Computing

Critical Success Factor Analysis for the information requirements of enterprises


Lecture 2
Reading material ref: http://informationr.net/ir/12-4/paper329.html http://informationr.net/ir/7-4/paper138.html

Introduction
The business environment is constantly changing and evolving. Businesses themselves change over time As business grow and develop, the information needs of the business will change. With changed business the information systems needed to support growth and development will also need to change. Therefore It is essential, to review those information needs so as to continue to align business operations with changing market needs The critical success factor (CSF) method can be useful in assessing changing information and strategic needs to meet market demands

Enterprise Computing Lecture 2 @ SZABIST Dubai Campus

Critical information needs


In times of change and growth, companies need to focus on their critical information needs relating to corporate success factors to fully achieve control and management effectiveness. 'for any business the limited number of areas in which results, if they are satisfactory, will ensure successful competitive performance for the organization'.

They are areas that should receive constant and careful attention by managers in Dubai Campus order to Enterprise Computing Lecture 2 @ SZABIST

Critical success factors (CSF)

It is the term for an element that is necessary for an organization or project to achieve its mission. It is a critical factor or activity required for ensuring the success of a company or an organization. The term was initially used in the world of data analysis, and business analysis. For example, a CSF for a successful Information Technology (IT) project is user involvement. CSFs represent those managerial or enterprise area, that must be given special and continual attention to bring about high performance. CSFs include issues vital to an organization's current operating activities and to its future success
Enterprise Computing Lecture 2 @ SZABIST Dubai Campus

Critical success factors (CSF)

Identification of critical success factors is useful:


1. to determine an individual manager's information needs 2. to aid an organization in its strategic planning process 3. to aid an organization in its information systems planning process.

It can be used as a 'versatile management tool' and be applied to solving a wide range of planning, quality and operational problems across a range of industries.
Enterprise Computing Lecture 2 @ SZABIST Dubai Campus

Critical success factors (CSF)


Prime sources of CSF 1. The industry 2. The competitive strategy and positioning 3. The environment 4. Temporal factors 5. Managerial position Classification of CSF 1. By the sources, or 2. By internal versus external, or 3. By monitoring versus building.

Monitoring involves the scrutiny of existing situations such as performance management, Building factors are those that are needed to plan or change for the future
Enterprise Computing Lecture 2 @ SZABIST Dubai Campus

An Example
The critical factor: Establish and communicate a clear strategy for corporate development' Source: Competitive strategy and positioning Classification: Internal, and Building

Enterprise Computing Lecture 2 @ SZABIST Dubai Campus

CSF and Enterprises


The CSF method has been widely applied in large organizations The method can have equally useful applications within small or mediumsized businesses in:

securing and maintaining competitive advantage decision making developing management information systems strategic planning and focusing organizational development
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Critical core for companies

Four main areas that formed a critical core for companies:


1. Management leadership 2. Measuring results, progress and performance 3. Appropriate training for employees 4. Adopting a quality assurance system

Enterprise Computing Lecture 2 @ SZABIST Dubai Campus

Lean Enterprise
Lean manufacturing, lean enterprise, or lean production, often simply, "Lean," is a production practice It considers the expenditure of resources for any goal other than the creation of value for the end customer to be wasteful, and thus a target for elimination. From the perspective of the customer, "value" is defined as any action or process that a customer would be willing to pay for.

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Success factors for Leans


Lean is a productivity initiative aimed at streamlining operations, improving efficiencies, competitiveness, and reducing costs, resulting in increased customer value Four major success factors for lean enterprise: 1. Leadership and management strategy 2. Finance 3. Organizational culture 4. Skills and expertise

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Information management as a CSF


For survival management information systems are necessity Investment in such systems could not be afforded by small businesses. Information management is crucial for gathering both internal and external information It is also important for the distribution and management of information within the company and dissemination to stakeholders.

Enterprise Computing Lecture 2 @ SZABIST Dubai Campus

Information management as a CSF


Effective use of information is critical to how executives manage their companies and create value in their markets. Information needs vary from manager to manager and change over time It is vital that the information systems meet the requirements of the company. From the users point of view information systems must be reliable, simple to use and intelligible.

Enterprise Computing Lecture 2 @ SZABIST Dubai Campus

CASE STUDY

Read and Discuss the 16 page document of case study attached with this lecture.

Enterprise Computing Lecture 2 @ SZABIST Dubai Campus

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