ABSTRACT

In order to figure out where to go, you have to understand where you are now. Your current business and IT goals, activities, and problems have deep impacts on what you can do in e-business. E-business success is dependent on these factors:

• The business goals, because e-business must support these. • IT infrastructure, systems, and organization , because e-business automates

selected business transactions. • Business issues, because these may affect e-business. • IT issues that could limit what is possible for e-business.