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Governance Defined
The decision framework and process by
which enterprises make investment
decisions and drive business value.
Operational
Excellence
Enterprise
Information
and Privacy
Audit Process
and
Investment
Review
Regulatory
Compliance
and Data
Governance
Business
Process
Improvement
and Maturity
Knowledge
Management,
Skills and
Succession
Workforce
Management
Take
Calculated
Risks
Deliver
Competitive
Advantage
Manage
an Innovation
Process
Leverage
Emerging
Technologies
Corporate
Values
IT Governance Framework
IT Strategy
Management
IT Principles
Business
Model
IT
Architecture
Portfolio
Management
Project
Execution
Benefits
Realization
Corporate Governance
Senior
Executive
Team
Growth /
Transformation
Decisions
Enhancement
Committee
Manage the
Enhancement Portfolio
Board
Governance
IT Investment
Council
Business-IT
Project
Prioritization
Council
IT Architecture
and Standards
Management
Project
Management
Office (PMO)
Financial
Management
Risk
Management
IT Leadership Committee
Service-Level Agreements
Architecture Committee
Chargeback Process
Stakeholder Meetings
Communication Plans
Performance Management
Escalation-Exception Process
Relationship Managers
Tools
Roles
Determine
ROI
New
Ideas
Assess
Impact
Decide
Determine
Portfolio
Position
Business
Outcomes
Strategic Planning
Approach
Leadership
Style
Risk
Approach
Fiscal
Approach
Level 1:
None
Decision making is
random rather than
deliberate and
coordinated
Enterprise is slow to
react to competitive
threats, weak
resource
management and
poor transparency
Minimal to no
strategic planning
taking place
Follows practice or
doctrine of
noninterference
with individuals or
business units
Ignore/deny
risks
Distribution of
budget to
individuals and
groups with
weak central
controls
Level 2:
Isolated
Competency
Decision making is
deliberate for highrisk efforts or crises
only
Performance
improves in distinct
pockets of the
enterprise only
Near-term focused
and limited in scope
to key initiatives
Respond
reactively to
imminent risks
only
Funds
allocated
parochially to a
community or
set of initiatives
Level 3:
Risk
Mitigation
Decisions driven by
constrained
resources or
compliance issues
Longer-term focused,
but created in
response to specific
events or immediate
conditions
Control-oriented
and deliberate,
averse to
delegating to
others
Proactively
identify and
manage cost,
compliance and
security risks
Cost
accounting and
cost recovery
focus with little
variability or
agility in
budgets
Level 4:
Benefit
Optimization
Long-term focused,
based on taking
advantage of
enterprise synergies
and coordinated
efforts
Accept and
manage
business risks
based on an
ROI model
IT portfolio
managed at the
run/grow/
transform level
Level 5:
Competitive
Innovation
Ability to innovate
and deliver
competitive
advantages in spite
of competition or
environment
Strategy iterates
rapidly in response to
competitive
opportunities and
threats
Heavy focus on
experimentation
and problemsolving activities
Take calculated
risks for
competitive
advantage
Venture
capitalist
approach to
financial
management
Maturity Level
Create Portfolio
Views
Create portfolio
views and
options using
business
outcomes.
Deliver Business
Scorecard
Track milestones
and report
business results
based on
business
outcomes.
13
Group
Membership
Roles and
Responsibilities
IT Principles
Sampension
Helphire
Excellence in absorption-style
acquisitions
TravelCo
Tesco
Operational excellence
DFID
Measure benefits
Refine measures and business case criteria as
required
Communicate results to the enterprise
Recommendations
Less is more with governance, design the least
amount of governance required to make great
decisions. Constantly review governance
processes and streamline regularly.
Imperfection is perfect start with "good enough"
tools and use them to facilitate the conversation.
Governance in action.
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