This book is a comprehensive, single source overview of the numerous ideas and processes that are identified with IS planning. The authors show the evolution of IS planning from the early technology-centered approaches to the present concerns with competitive positioning, organizational learning, and the development of organizational capabilities. While many chapters deal with high level strategic planning, the book gives equal attention to on-the-ground planning issues. Divided into four parts, Part I, focuses on how IS planning has evolved over the years; Part II, describes IS planning in terms of critical success factors and includes a knowledge-based view of IS planning; Part III, deals with predicting the value that an IS project may have; Part IV, considers information strategy as a goal and/or outcome of IS planning.