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	In writing a critical appraisal of developing an IT strategy we should start by justifying why an IT strategy for an SME is needed. A good place to start is Earl’s nine reasons why a company should have an IT strategy		In writing a critical appraisal of developing an IT strategy we should start by justifying why an IT strategy for an SME is needed. A good place to start is Earl’s nine reasons why a company should have an IT strategy

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	*1. IT involves high costs.		*1. IT involves high costs.

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	* How effectively were the frameworks and model used by the group.		* How effectively were the frameworks and model used by the group.

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	==Abstract==		==Abstract==
	At the beginning of this analysis the aim is:		At the beginning of this analysis the aim is:

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==Abstract==
At the beginning of this analysis the aim is:

''“Developing an IT strategy to align the business strategy to the IT technology to gain and sustain a competitive advantage ”.''

In writing a critical appraisal of developing an IT strategy we should start by justifying why an IT strategy for an SME is needed. A good place to start is Earl’s nine reasons why a company should have an IT strategy

*1. IT involves high costs.
*2. IT is critical to the success of many organisations.
*3. IT is now used as part of the commercial strategy in the battle for competitive advantage.
*4. IT is required by the economic context
*5. IT affects all levels of management.
*6. IT has meant a revolution in the way information is created and presented to management.
*7. IT involves many stakeholders, not just management, and not just within the organisation.
*8. The detailed technical issues in IT are important.
*9. IT requires effective management, as this can make a real difference to successful IT use.

The failure of an SME to have an IT Strategy may result in:
*a. Competitors, suppliers and customers gaining advantage.
*b. Company objectives becoming unachievable due to systems limitations.
*c. Systems are not integrated thus causing duplication of effort, inaccuracy, delays and poor quality management information.
*d. Systems’ implementations are late, over cost and fail to deliver expected benefits.
*e. No means exist to establish appropriate IS/IT resource levels, to evaluate investments and set priorities.

In this critical review of the frameworks and models used to develop the IT we should describe
* The usefulness or otherwise of the models that were used to develop the Strategy and to want extent the models can aid the analysis to avoid the failures outlined above.
* Additional frameworks that may have helped the analysis.
* Support for the premise that models and frameworks can be used to develop IT strategies for SME.
* How effectively were the frameworks and model used by the group.

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