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it决策,九招搞定（It decision, nine trick to get） How should a manager make a IT decision? Before you answer, you should take a look at the following questions: 1. is this system really strategic? We find that most managers think their systems are strategic, but this is not the case. Of the companies we studied, there are only two systems that make companies different from their competitors. Managers often make mistakes like this: if a function is strategic, then the information system that supports it is strategic. Managers are trying to build a strategic system by investing in special equipment and customized software. However, we found that even if they invested a lot of money, their systems could not keep themselves above competitors, especially when their opponents developed similar systems. 2. make sure that the IT requirements will not change? The emergence of new technologies will change the companys information technology needs. In addition, the demand for IT changes as the company prepares to move into a new market or face potential changes in the existing market. 3. if the system is a commodity, can it be broken down? Many CEO see information technology as something that can be inserted and pulled out. But most systems integrate with the business they support, and its hard to separate. The decision made by the remuneration data center is difficult to separate from the payroll function. Most systems need to obtain data from other systems and feed back, so it can not be completely separated from the external supply system. While this may sound simple, most managers do not take this into account when making outsourcing decisions. A companys factory automation system needs to acquire data from many systems, such as design, inventory, marketing, distribution systems, and so on. Since the vendors system does not support the interface, the project has to double the cost and time. 4. can the internal IT department provide this system more effectively than the outside sup