IT Governance

01 Dec 2022

IT governance (ITG) is defined as the processes that ensure the effective and efficient use of IT in enabling an organization to achieve its goals.

What is the role of IT Governance?

In simple words, IT Governance is putting structure around how organizations align IT strategy with business strategy, ensuring that companies stay on track to achieve their strategies and goals, and implementing good ways to measure IT’s performance.

IT Governance Framework

It doesn’t make sense to reinvent the wheel by starting from scratch. Start with a IT governance framework; there are many to choose from, but using at least one means everything has already been organized by industry experts.

A IT governance framework includes three elements:

  • Governance principles – the principles by which all IT initiatives will be governed
  • Governance structure – the roles and responsibilities of the major stakeholders in the IT governance decision-making process, including committees and organizational elements at the branch level
  • Governance process – the various stages required to review, assess and approve or reject new IT initiatives

Implementing good IT governance requires a framework, such as:

  • COBIT (Control Objectives for Information and related Technologies)
  • ITIL (The Information Technology Infrastructure Library)
  • CISM (Certified Information Security Manager)

Reference:

  • https://www.simplilearn.com/it-governance-and-its-significance-rar39-article