An Investigation into the Relationship between Alignment of IT Strategy and Business Strategy with Enterprise Agility in Software Companies

Abstract

Today, considering the significance and development of IT application and in spite of huge investment in this field, there are some problems and contradictions in many organizations regarding failure to meet business requirements. One reason for this inconsistency is the lack of alignment between IT strategy and business strategy. This study aims to investigate the relationship between alignment of IT strategy and business strategy with the agility in software companies. The population of the study includes business managers as well as IT managers and experts in software companies in Tabriz. The tool for data collection consists of two parts including alignment-related and agility-related. The methodology of this research is descriptive and the collected data were analyzed by regression test. According to results of the study, it can be stated that alignment is a principal to access agility. Furthermore, two communications and skills dimensions of alignment are positively effective in the agility. However, the effect of dimensions such as competency/value, discretionary level, participation and scope on the agility was not confirmed.

Keywords

• information technology
• agility
• software companies
• strategic alignment