Implementing Information Technology

In many organizations, information technology (IT) has become crucial in the support, sustainability, and growth of the business. This pervasive use of technology has created a critical dependency on IT that calls for a specific focus on IT governance.Implementing Information Technology Governance: Models, Practices and Cases presents insight gained through literature reviews and case studies to provide practical guidance for organizations who want to start implementing IT governance or improving existing governance models, and provides a detailed set of IT governance structures, processes, and relational mechanisms that can be leveraged to implement IT governance in practice.

Foreword	p. v
Preface	p. ix
Strategies and Models for IT Governance	p. 1
IT Governance Explained	p. 1
The Goal of IT Governance: Strategic Alignment	p. 12
IT Governance Structures, Processes, and Relational Mechanisms	p. 24
Measuring the IT Governance Process	p. 53
IT Governance Implementation Status	p. 64
Conclusion	p. 68
References	p. 69
Leveraging COBIT 4.0 as IT Governance Framework	p. 76
The COBIT Framework	p. 76
COBIT Control Objectives	p. 83
COBIT Management Guidelines	p. 86
COBIT Maturity Models	p. 93
Adapting COBIT to Your Organisation	p. 95
COBIT and Compliancy for Sarbanes-Oxley	p. 96
Other COBIT Products	p. 98
Conclusion	p. 99
References	p. 100
Leveraging the IT Balanced Scorecard as Alignment Instrument	p. 101
Case Company Introduction: A Tri-Company	p. 101
The Tri-Company IT Merger	p. 102
IT BSC Project and Its Organization	p. 104
Building the IT BSC	p. 106
Maturity of the Developed IT BSC	p. 108
Lessons Learned	p. 113
Details on the Measures of the IT Strategic Scorecard	p. 115
Conclusion	p. 123
References	p. 124
IT Governance in Practice: Six Case Studies	p. 125
Introduction	p. 125
Case Study: KBC	p. 127
Case Study: AGF Belgium	p. 145
Case Study: Vanbreda	p. 163
Case Study: CM	p. 181
Case Study: Huntsman	p. 196
Case Study: Sidmar - Arcelor	p. 217
Conclusion: Pilot Studies	p. 234
References	p. 236
IT Governance Implementation Guide	p. 238
Introduction	p. 238
Nine Guidelines for Better IT Governance	p. 239
References	p. 248
About the Authors	p. 249
Index	p. 252
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