Assessing Information Technology Strategy Alignment to Business Strategy Utilizing IT Balanced Scorecard Case Study: PT. Pos Indonesia

Abstract

PT Pos Indonesia as an organization that provides mail, goods, and money delivery services has been implementing Information Technology (IT) to support the business process, such as: SOPP (System Online Payment Point), Post Remittance, Reserve Online, Agent (Westrn Union, Money Gray), and I-Post (Integrated Post) is handled by the Division of Information Technology (IT). But until now its implementation has not been fully able to support existing business processes, and can not contribute the maximum to the business. PT Pos Indonesia should not only apply IT as a business process support activities, but must also be implemented as part of business strategy. The implementation of IT should be the optimal power of life and competitiveness of the organization. The implementation of IT must also provide the opportunity for changes in the productivity of a business that has been running. This is what underlie the study required that can analyze the various factors that affect founded IT strategic planning that is able to adapt, fit, and balanced with business strategy way of the organization.
 
 On this thesis, assessed the alignment of the IT strategy to business strategy in PT Pos Indonesia. IT Balanced Scorecard framework is used: (a) to help translate IT strategy into the actions of IT, and (b) assess the performance of IT in PT Pos Indonesia. IT Balanced Scorecard have a role as a performance management IT system. With the IT Balanced Scorecard, IT vision, strategy, and organization associated balanced againts the objective of financial, customer, business process, and learning and growth perspective. Each perspective is changes to the contribution companies, end-user orientation, operational excellence, and the readiness of the future.
 
 Alignment Maturity Level developed by Luftman used to know the maturity level of alignment between IT and business organization in good condition at this time, and conditions that are expected. Competency/value criteria on the maturity model Luftman, examine the IT values that contribute to corporation business. The contribution of IT values to business measured by mapping IT performance in the four IT Balanced Scorecard perspectives. Importance Performance Analysis (IPA) method is used to measure IT performance, both for current conditions and expected conditions. Capability Maturity Model (CMM) is used to measure the level of internal process maturity in IT division of PT Pos Indonesia, as part of follow-up the operational excellence perspective analysis of IT Balanced Scorecard. Analytical Hierarchy Process method is used to find the weight of performance indicator each perspective. The results of the analysis is designed to be able to create a solution design in the form of a proposal to the direction of improvement.
 
 Alignment level between IT and business, for the current condition (as is) are on the maturity level 3 or established process, and for conditions that are expected (to be) are at maturity level 4 or managed process. With the IPA method, the IT performance based on the company contribution perspective is located to the C quadrant position coordinates with as is - to be coordinates position (3.14, 3.54). IT performance based on end-user orientation perspective is located in the C quadrant with as is - to be the coordinates position (3.10, 3.93). IT performance based on operational excellence perspective lies in the quadrant B with as is - to be coordinates position (3.41, 4.35). With the CMM analysis, the maturity of IT division internal of PT Pos Indonesia, to the condition at this time (as is) are on the maturity level 3 or defined process and conditions that are expected to be on level 4 or managed process. IT performance based on the future readiness perspective lies in the quadrant A with as is - to be position coordinates (3.13, 4.05). Importance sequence will be the beginning point for cause effect relationship on the IT Balanced Scorecard as a solution design. With the AHP method, is that the performance indicators with the most importance is the development of activity / IT processes.