Information Technology Governance

InformationTechnologyGovernance is the mechanism developed in the late 90's to realize StrategicAlignmentOfItProductsAndServices.

And the objective is to minimize the AgencyProblem by making IT activities more accountable to the funding organization.

Ref article : http://www.processor.com/editorial/article.asp?article=articles%2Fp2615%2F21p15%2F21p15%2Easp&guid=1E38C072E2374E3A96BDF7BD7A612047

The umbrella framework is known as ControlObjectivesForInformationAndRelatedTechnology (CobiT). This model is one of the earliest governance framework, and later joined by ITIL, ISO17799, and CMMI

• ITIL - InformationTechnologyInfrastructureLibrary
• ISO17799 - IsoSecurity
• CMMI - CapabilityMaturityModelIntegration

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LessonsFromFailure

Why the G men aren't IT men at http://cio-asia.com/PrinterFriendly.aspx?articleid=1612&pubid=5&issueid=52

A comprehensive analysis of the failure of an IT KnowledgeManagement project at FBI, and chief culprit appear to be lack of CulturalReadiness, and failure in ArguingUpTheManagementChain.

Maybe a better understanding of the SocialDynamics of GovernanceVsManagement? can be useful?

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Resources

IT Governance Institute (owns CobiT) www.itgi.org

Information Systems Audit and Control Association www.isaca.org

CobiT summary download http://www.isaca.org/AMTemplate.cfm?Section=Downloads&Template=/MembersOnly.cfm&ContentID=15990

BalancedScoreCard used to demonstrate CorporateSocialResponsibility? at http://www.greenbiz.com/news/printer.cfm?NewsID=28999

• It has been used within an organization to demonstrate IT LeaderShip and Value Alignment.
• MeaninglessDoublespeak has been used within an organization to ReassureCluelessManagement? via RandomBuzzwordGeneration?. -- Viewpoint of EH which unfortunately, can be true in institutions preoccupied in the CorporateBeautyContest business.

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