Class 8: Planning Phase 0 Know the 4 different levels of \"planning\" and the distinctions among them. For example, who does the planning, or is what the purpose or primary goal? 0 Know what executives mean when they say \"our biggest challenge is aligning IS with strategy\" 0 Be able to identify which primary activities in the Value Chain belong to the Supply Chain and which belong to the Demand Chain, and why. Know how they differ from the Support Activities. 0 Be able to explain how we can use the Value Chain to identify business processes that we might build an 1.3. for. 0 Know what a \"siloed\" company is, why it's a problem, and why enterprise integration is a solution to that problem. 0 Know what \"enterprise integration\" means at the IS level. 0 Know the differences among the 6 generic enterprise strategies. Be able to match an application that I give to the best strategy. For example, if I say, \"implement an online ordering application so the cost of data entry is moved from company staff to customers\" you would choose \"Cost Leader / Low Cost producer.\" The key is to pay attention to the reason I give for the application, in this case \"reduce our costs\". If I had said, \"in order to give the customers a much more personalized experience than any other competitor offers\" you would choose Differentiation. This means you'll need to know those strategies well. I 0 Know what each of these are, and how they differ: enterprise, business area, business process, business application. Think of how they relate in the hierarchy of systems