PART III: Conclusion

THESE FINAL SECTIONS COVER A variety of current trends that may affect the concepts discussed here. You are also encouraged to not skip the appendices, which cover both the architectural foundations of the approach used here and a discussion of the impending professionalization of enterprise IT—which I predict will prove to be a critical success factor for the vision of integrated IT governance.

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