Governance of IT

8 INTRODUCTION TO IMPLEMENTATION

There are two elements that need to be considered carefully when implementing an IT governance framework. The first element is whether the proposed framework will work in the organisation, and the second is the organisational change management required to support an effective implementation.

I have been privileged to review proposed IT governance frameworks for a number of organisations ranging from companies of tens of staff through to companies of thousands of staff. The same basic principles apply whatever the size of the organisation. Generally, I am looking for areas where things can go wrong – where the decision-making model doubles up, where authority and responsibility are assigned unevenly, where there ...