Solution Set

A key objective for IT management should be to establish effective decision rights for IT versus the business. Misplaced rights can create problems for IT that at the least create unnecessary work, and at worst can result in failure to deliver...

Note

In many organizations, the allocation of IT decision rights is inappropriate, either removing from IT its rightful control of the IT technical environment, or forcing IT to make decisions that have a major impact on business units.

Template/Policy

Ongoing IT input provided through committees can provide continuous feedback to stakeholders who might not otherwise solicit IT's advice in decision-making.

Tool

This tool assists in identifying decision right gaps by performing a comparison between your organization's unique decision right allocation and the ideal situation.

Video

The responsibility for IT decisions is often misplaced with those most impacted being uninvolved in decisions that they should be making.

Solution Set

IT Leaders are looking for a holistic system of IT projects and solutions that denotes business processes, information stores, applications, security and technical infrastructure. EA provides competitive advantage and significantly lower...

Don't skip documenting your IT strategy or plan because it seems like a daunting task. Even a simple strategic plan is better than no plan at all.

Template/Policy

This template is developed for small and mid-sized enterprises that do not have the resources to perform full IT governance to develop a complex IT strategy. This tool provides an outline that allows CIOs to develop a simple, yet effective IT...