Enterprise Governance of IT in Practice

Abstract

The previous chapter described what Enterprise Governance of IT is about. However, having developed a high-level model for Enterprise Governance of IT does not imply that governance is actually working in the organization. Conceiving the model for Enterprise Governance of IT is the first step, and deploying it throughout all levels of the organization is the next challenging step. To achieve this, Enterprise Governance of IT can be deployed using a mixture of various structures, processes and relational mechanisms. This chapter provides an overview of best practices that organizations can leverage to implement Enterprise Governance of IT. A lot of case studies are described in this chapter, as each individual governance implementation will be different depending on the organization’s size, sector, geography, etc. Finally, detailed discussions are laid out regarding the effectiveness, ease of implementation and importance of each of the presented practices for Enterprise Governance of IT.