Mc Farlan’s Strategic Grid

High
Impact on Operations FACTORY STRATEGIC

Reduce costs and Firm has committed to

improve performance of use IT to enable both
the core operations of core operations and
an org. core strategy

SUPPORT TURNAROUND

Local improvements Exploit emerging

and incremental cost strategic opportunities
savings from new IT
Low

Low Impact on Strategy

High
Mc Farlan’s Strategic Grid example

High STRATEGIC
FACTORY
Impact on Operations

Patient Management
Billing System System
ICU Management Accounting System
System

SUPPORT TURNAROUND
Payroll System
Laboratory System
Robotic Surgery
HRM System
System
Appointment &
Centralized
Scheduling
Sterilization
Pharmacy Inventory
Management System
Low Management

Low Impact on Strategy

High
 Risk Grid

Easy
QUICK WIN SUSTAINABILITY
RISK
Ability to Execute

DUMB IDEA IMPLEMENTATION

RISK

Hard

Small Size of Opportunity

Large
 Prahalad’s Framework

Suppliers &
Customers Investors
Partners

Level 4
(Proprietary & Differentiation
Standard Analytics)

Level 3
(ICT Applications)
Level 2
Standardization (Private Architecture)
Level 1
(Public Architecture)