Discussion 1

Reflect upon the IT strategies that are used to encourage economic development. Select two strategies and discuss how economic factors affect the strategies that a government may use to facilitate economic development.

•Choose the strategies that seem to be complementary to one other and could be implemented simultaneously. Justify your response.

How do you see the impact of the government actions and regulation on the overall economic development?

Discussion 2

“Strategy Methodology” Please respond to the following:

•Using the three-step process for assessing the IT organization, determine the impact of economic factors at the enterprise level for each step.

•Give your opinion as to which critical element of strategy (people, process, or technology) is the most important. Justify your answer.

Can you think of any standard processes adopted by the Industry?. Have you heard of ITIL?