The Role of Information Technology Assessment in the Ministry of Marine Affairs and Fisheries

Information technology (IT) has a very important role in supporting the business of an organization. The role of information technology itself can be assessed. This role is very important to be assessed and evaluated, so that its position in an organization can be known. In this study, an assessment of the role of information technology was carried out on one of the government agencies that had never been assessed before, that is the Ministry of Marine Affairs and Fisheries (MMAF). The evaluation was carried out using a table of information technology leadership impacts on the role of information technology in organizations created by Applegate, Austin, and Soule. The assessment results are then mapped into the McFarlan IT Strategic Grid which consists of 4 (four) quadrants, namely: support, factory, turnaround, and strategic. This mapping is useful to assist MMAF leaders in measuring information technology capabilities and leadership approaches. Based on the results of the assessment, the role of information technology in MMAF is in the factory quadrant (7 points). The recommended step forward is to strengthen the position of the MMAF information technology role in the factory quadrant (short-term plan) and move to the strategic quadrant (medium-term plan). The action plan that will be taken to strengthen the position in the factory quadrant is data integration.