TY - BOOK AU - Hogbin,Geoff AU - Thomas,David V. TI - Investing in Information Technology: Managing The Decision-Making Process SN - 0077077571 AV - HD30.2 H636 1994 PY - 1994/// CY - London PB - McGraw-Hill KW - Capital investments KW - Decision making KW - Information technology KW - Great Britain KW - Case studies N1 - Part 1 The framework: justifying the application systems - the challenges; business and IT planning; further issues raised by business and project planning; information technology and competitive edge; planning - methodology and methods; the uses and value of IT. Part 2 The practice in five stages: introduction to the five stages of making the business case; stage one - collect data and prepare the basic case; stage two - developing the business case - preparing to make the decision; stage three - making the decision; stage four - controlling the investment during implementation; stage five - auditing IT investments after implentation N2 - Puts forward the advantages of IT uses so that managers can express what they need in a better way and present a well-informed business case to justify the expense often created by IT investment. The work also covers the uses of IT in the sphere of project planning ER -