The primary reason is to ease the development and implementation of cohesive organization and IT strategies that enable firms to focus on the application of IT to improve the business. This harmony can be extended and applied throughout the organization as new opportunities are identified. These two linkages are used to determine the relationships between IT and business. The model is divided into four quadrants. These include the eight individual perspectives of Strategy Execution, Technology Potential, Competitive Potential, Service Level, Organization IT Infrastructure, IT Infrastructure Strategy, IT Organization Infrastructure, and Organization Infrastructure Strategy.
Fusion is the combination of two perspectives.
The most common fusion perspective focuses on both Organizational Infrastructure and IT Strategy. This combination results in a fusion of two perspectives, Strategy Execution and Technology Potential, into IT Infrastructure Fusion. What is not as clear is how to achieve this harmony between business and IT, what the impact of misalignment might be on the firm, and what management can do to diagnose, achieve and maintain alignment. The last decade has seen widespread proliferation and commercialization of knowledge-based or expert systems. KBS is a branch of the artificial intelligence field that focuses on leveraging the human expertise available within organizations to gain competitive advantage.