Measuring IS/business Alignment: A case study of Port and sailing organization

IS strategic planning towards realizing organizational is one of the most important topics among Executive managers of companies. It is known as strategic alignment. The purpose of this study is to evaluate the maturity of strategic alignment in Irans Port and sailing organization. the alignment factors identified in Luftman strategic alignment maturity model form the basis of the present study. Luftman model is comprised of five levels, each consisting of six factors. The statistical population of this study consists of CEOs , CIOs and IT experts of port and sailing organization who are 55 people and were chosen by cases and samples. The data was collected using an eight parts questionnaire to determine organization's current status. The result of the analysis of data indicates that according to the idea of manager, the port and sailing organization is at the third level of strstegic alignment maturity(stablished focused).the perspective of the improvement is toward forth level of the strategic alignment maturity.