1
Evaluate the value of the IS/IT application portfolio approach to the defining, selecting and implementing of IS/IT systems that would be required by organisations. In particular consider whether the portfolio approach applied to IS/IT is the same as managing other business assets such as products and services.
2
Evaluate whether the application of Benefits Realisation Management to the justification, prioritisation and evaluation of IS/IT systems is one of the most promising approaches to effectively matching IS/IT demand and supply.
3
IS/IT investments are inherently risky. Discuss this often repeated statement in the context of increasingly complex IS/IT systems and the inability of many IS/IT systems to deliver the expected benefit. You should address the approaches that may be adopted in attempts to address this problem
4
Evaluate the integration issues and the difficulties that organisations face when engaged in Project Portfolio Management (PPM). In particular examine the interfaces and linkages with Strategic Information Systems Management.
5
There are a wide variety of governance frameworks around ranging from those related to the Sarbanes Oxley Act (2002), to CoBIT, ITIL and also PRINCE2 and Programme Management. Discuss the different aspects of strategic IS/IT that at least three of these approaches address and their commonalities, interactions and issues.
You should not spend any time simply describing these frameworks
Note that any work you submit must not have previously been produced for any other module.
6
Many organisations have decided to outsource some or most of their IT systems to external suppliers. Discuss the tools & techniques used and the criteria on which these decisions are made and how they are made with the inevitable trade-off between cost savings, service quality and value added.

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