That is why you need to learn some fundamental planning concepts, which is the goal of this section. We will first discuss several strategic planning concepts, and then talk more specifically about developing IT-based business strategies and other planning issues. In Section II, we will discuss the process of implementing IT-based business plans, and the challenges that arise when introducing new IT strategies and applications into a company.

Implementation is an important managerial responsibility. Implementation is doing what you planned to do. You can view implementation as a process that carries out the plans for changes in business/IT strategies and applications that were developed in the planning process we covered in Section I.