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Business Systems Planning: (IBM Corporation)

Business Systems Planning (BSP) was developed by IBM in the 1970s as a comprehensive approach to defining an information architecture for a firm. BSP focuses on identifying key data classes and business processes, then using these to design an information architecture and prioritize new systems. While time-consuming, BSP helped introduce viewing a firm through its processes and the concept of data independence.

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Business Systems Planning: (IBM Corporation)

Business Systems Planning (BSP) was developed by IBM in the 1970s as a comprehensive approach to defining an information architecture for a firm. BSP focuses on identifying key data classes and business processes, then using these to design an information architecture and prioritize new systems. While time-consuming, BSP helped introduce viewing a firm through its processes and the concept of data independence.

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Business Systems Planning

(IBM Corporation)
Initial work on BSP began in the early 1970s.
At first, it was for IBM internal use only; later it
was made available to customers.
Its focus on data and especially on processes
was an entirely new way to view the firm and to
build systems; this process approach has since
been copied by many others.
BSP is very comprehensive and thus time
consuming and expensive.
Computer Information Systems Robinson College of Business Georgia
State University

Business Systems Planning


Designed to define an Information Architecture
for the firm. The basic building blocks of the
architecture are:
Data Classes
Categories of logically related data that are
necessary to support the business

Business Processes
Groups of logically related decisions and activities
required to manage the resources of the business

Computer Information Systems Robinson College of Business Georgia


State University

Business Systems Planning


Steps in the BSP process
1.
Obtain authorization for the study
2.
Assemble the study team
3.
Define the data classes
4.
Define the business processes
5.
Using these data classes and business processes, define the
information architecture
6.
Compare this architecture with the present systems and identify
missing and/or needed systems
7.
Interview senior management to ensure the architecture is correct
and to identify any problems
8.
Establish priorities for each of the major systems contained in the
architecture
9.
Prepare the final study report and present it to top management
10. If approved, initiate the construction of the architecture
Computer Information Systems Robinson College of Business Georgia
State University

Business Systems Planning


BSP, in addition to its value for I/S planning, also
made two other important intellectual
contributions:
1. It helped introduce the process view of the firm.
The popular Business Process Re-engineering
of the 1990s was built on this concept.
2. It pointed out the need to de-couple data from
the applications that use these data, i.e., data
independence. This supported the database
approach to systems development.
Computer Information Systems Robinson College of Business Georgia
State University

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