IS/IT Capability and Strategic Information System Planning (SISP) Success

Successful planning of Information Systems (SISP) is perhaps going to be more problematic in today’sworld of rapid change and uncertainty. SISP is a cornerstone of the information system discipline and verylittle attention has been paid to its success based on the resource based view of the firm (RBV).This paperprovides a model for IT capability and strategic information system planning success, by consideringenvironmental and organizational factors that may influence this relationship in a contingency model. Areview of existing IT capability and SISP literature is given to identify the opportunities in buildingsuccessful SISP. A model is developed by hypothesizing IT capability as independent variable leads to SISPsuccess as dependent variable; in which organizational & environmental influences are considered asmoderating variables. The control variables are firm size, firm structure, and industry type. The studyproposes a model to conceptualize the relationship between IT capabilities and SISP success andcontingency factors moderating that relationship. This paper explains the ways of exploiting IT capabilitiesas specialized and integrated knowledge of the firm in IT area to create a more successful SISP. Theresearchers believe that the aim to build a model for SISP success based on RBV theory is importantbecause this new perspective will be helpful for gaining a superior assessment and better underpinning ofthe SISP from a knowledge based perspective.