There are some common problems in existing methodologies for information requirements analysis(IRA), such as BSP(IBM), CSF(Rockart), ISP(Information Engineering), etc. These methodologies require too much resources for the IRA process, use too many and complex matrices and forms, and their IRA outcomes are frequently biased by the subjective views of the people involved.
In this paper, we introduce a new methodology for the enterprise wide information requirements analysis utilizing templates and nine closed-ended questions. Extending the BIAIT(Business Information Analysis and Integration Technique)method, the paper presents nine questions about each firms order type(7Q's for customer side and 2Q's for supplier side) to derive information processing characteristics of the firms. As the central component of this methodology, data and process templates for the manufacturing industry were established. To validate the methodology, suitability of the data and process templates were examined through six real world business cases.
