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4.4 Step 4: Sensitivity Analysis
The objective of the sensitivity analysis is to identify
which information domains are involved by strategic
actions or discontinuities, by assessing impact of a
variety of business variables e.g.:
1. Business Discontinuity: it evaluates the impact
of the enterprise strategies e.g. mergers,
acquisitions, new products, new services
(which ABE will be affected and how much?)
2. Technology Discontinuity: it evaluates the
impact of technology changes on information
3. Sensitive information: it evaluate the impact
of regulations e.g. privacy, security etc.
5 CONCLUSIONS
The paper proposes a universal meta-model for
strategic information modelling and a methodology
based to generate and use strategic information
models. The model generalizes some normative
concepts born in an industry normative model
(eTOM) . In short:
It is normative, and guides the analyst and
management to identify the “right”
information requirements
It is cross- industry
It is strategic and avoids useless details
It easy to understand for management and
supports a what-if analysis of business
strategic alternatives
It can be linked to detailed information
requirements analysis
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