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Visioning Information Technology at Cirque du Soleil

This case aims to highlight the topic of aligning IS/IT strategy with a business and the challenges this alignment poses for the senior IT executive. In this context the notion of IT architecture, its role in the alignment between business and IT, and the levels of maturity of an IT architecture are also discussed.

Please answer the following questions.

What characteristics of Cirque du Soleil made Danielle Savoie’s job particularly challenging?
What are the key abilities required of Danielle Savoie to achieve alignment between IS/IT and a business?
What were Cirque’s critical business processes?
How well do you think the current IT architecture at Cirque du Soleil enabled the critical business processes?
What recommendations would you make to Danielle to manage Cirque’s data?
What course of action would you recommend to Danielle Savoie if she is to successfully implement her vision of IT as a sailboat, with Cirque’s producer as captain and the IT vice-president as helmsperson?

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Cirque du Solei is an entertainment company which was 1984 by a group which used to perform in Quebec City. From its inception, the company deviated from the traditionally accepted rules of the circus. Since it had more sophisticated characters, and featured no animals and had a common original music core as the company grew and had over 2000 employees worldwide.

The company hired Danielle Savoie’s to manage its IT department and come up with solutions to their problems. Danielle faced various challenges which included. The company experienced problems on the lack of proper information systems regarding the process of hiring new employees, and The company director used to record all the collected information and store it on videos thus making a large pile of recorded tapes and CDs.

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