The fall of Strategic Information Systems Planning and the rise of a dynamic IS Strategy

For nearly 30 years, since its introduction onto corporate management scene in the early 1970s, strategic planning has been on a roller coaster ride. Nearly a decade later strategic information systems planning was put on the same track but that does not mean we have to stay on the same track or that we have to take it at the same speed. If we know what is ahead we can speed up and if we know which obstacles are further on the road we can take a different road to take us where we want to go. We can both learn from history because we have taken the road before and we can learn from the future from the corporate strategy road map but we cannot look into the future. Therefore we cannot suffice to build a static, programmed analytic information plan but have to reckon with changes of the planning environment and internal changes of the organization. There is a need for a dynamic theory of information systems strategy.