CIO Wisdom II: More Best Practices

Introduction

At the time of this writing, the industry has yet to sort out the precise nature of IT governance. IT governance remains an evolving concept within an evolving concept: that of corporate governance. The old adage, “What you see depends on where you sit,” describes precisely where we are in the discourse around the nature of IT governance. Existing perspectives on the nature of IT governance include the following:

1. IT managers and specialized IT staff tend to see IT governance as a mechanism for aligning business and IT at the level of the program office, projects, and significant IT investments and architectural decisions.

2. IT Auditors tend to see IT governance as a control mechanism to ensure compliance with relevant authorities and ...