A strategic information management plan thus should encompass the business goals, the resulting information management goals, the current state of the information system, and an assessment of how well the current information system fits the goals. Based on this assessment, the future state of the information system is described, together with a migration path represented by a strategic project portfolio that allows this future state to be reached. The strategic plan must also deal with the resources needed to realize the planned architecture and must include rules for the operation of the information system and a description of appropriate organizational structures. @en