CIO Wisdom II: More Best Practices

IT Governance Checklist

Conformance

1. Do you have and follow a formal risk management process to evaluate the technical and business advantages and disadvantages accompanying infrastructure projects?

2. What listening posts have you established to understand the nature of new regulatory or legal requirements that are being considered applicable to your industry?

3. Have you charted the IT infrastructure implications of the result of the three recent major marketing initiatives your corporation has launched? Are there ways you should “tie in” to such initiatives to anticipate the IT impact?

4. Which industry-specific codes of behavior and ethics influence the operation of the IT functions within your corporation? How are you accumulating evidence that you support ...