Comments on: 5 IT Governance Attitudes Foreshadow Failure http://rocketpanther.com/ciostage/it-governance/5-it-governance-attitudes-foreshadow-failure Just another WordPress site Thu, 06 Nov 2014 02:53:00 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.1.41 By: Balancing Lopsided IT Governance — CIO Dashboard http://rocketpanther.com/ciostage/it-governance/5-it-governance-attitudes-foreshadow-failure#comment-214 Fri, 02 Dec 2011 18:06:21 +0000 http://www.ciodashboard.com/?p=214#comment-214 […] decentralization without a CIO is a lopsided approach to IT governance. To effectively align business and technology to drive innovation, mitigate risk and manage costs, […]

]]> By: Louie Ehrlich, Chevron CIO – Future State CIO Journey — CIO Dashboard http://rocketpanther.com/ciostage/it-governance/5-it-governance-attitudes-foreshadow-failure#comment-213 Fri, 14 Jan 2011 20:58:17 +0000 http://www.ciodashboard.com/?p=214#comment-213 […] tells me that there are four key aspects in successfully achieving and sustaining this stage: Effective governance; portfolio management; enterprise architecture with teeth; and business knowledge in IT […]

]]> By: Steve Romero, IT Governance Evangelist http://rocketpanther.com/ciostage/it-governance/5-it-governance-attitudes-foreshadow-failure#comment-211 Fri, 08 May 2009 16:24:55 +0000 http://www.ciodashboard.com/?p=214#comment-211 I completely agree these “attitudes” are a recipe for disaster, if not outright failure. What struck me most in the list was the use of pronouns. In four of the five items you list we find the words: we, us, and our.

IT Governance is the “processes and relationships that lead to the reasoned use of technology in the Enterprise.” IT Governance won’t succeed if the organization focuses solely on the relationships – especially when the relationships are autocratic.

At the end of your post, you rightfully note the need for the work processes that are critical if an organization has any hope of establishing successful governance. I actually view those work processes as governance processes. When we use these processes to “govern” our decisions, then the “lightweight set of checkpoints” are simply the oversight mechanisms we use to ensure our governance processes are optimized and performing as we intend.

Steve Romero, IT Governance Evangelist
http://community.ca.com/blogs/theitgovernanceevangelist/

]]> By: Steve Romero, IT Governance Ev http://rocketpanther.com/ciostage/it-governance/5-it-governance-attitudes-foreshadow-failure#comment-212 Fri, 08 May 2009 16:24:00 +0000 http://www.ciodashboard.com/?p=214#comment-212 I completely agree these “attitudes” are a recipe for disaster, if not outright failure. What struck me most in the list was the use of pronouns. In four of the five items you list we find the words: we, us, and our.

IT Governance is the “processes and relationships that lead to the reasoned use of technology in the Enterprise.” IT Governance won’t succeed if the organization focuses solely on the relationships – especially when the relationships are autocratic.

At the end of your post, you rightfully note the need for the work processes that are critical if an organization has any hope of establishing successful governance. I actually view those work processes as governance processes. When we use these processes to “govern” our decisions, then the “lightweight set of checkpoints” are simply the oversight mechanisms we use to ensure our governance processes are optimized and performing as we intend.

Steve Romero, IT Governance Evangelist
http://community.ca.com/blogs/theitgovernanceevangelist/

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