Mechanisms to Implement IT Governance
INTRODUCTION
After IT governance allocates decision rights and accountability to ensure IT policy and processes are aligned with the corporate strategies, a set of procedures and mechanisms are needed to cascade strategic goals down into the organization and to facilitate the implementation of these goals. These mechanisms and procedures for the implementation of IT governance include decision making structures, alignment processes, and communication approaches.
IT Governance Archetypes
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IT Governance Archetypes
For IT decisions on business application needs, which of the following framework archetypes are used in your organization (or an organization with which you are familiar): Business Monarchy, IT Monarchy, Feudal, Federal, or Duopoly? Analyze the strengths and weaknesses of the decision structure.
Aetna uses IT duopoly, a two-party decision making approach involves IT executives and a group of business leaders representing the operating units.
OBJECTIVES
To successfully complete this learning unit, you will be expected to:
- Analyze the strengths and weaknesses of a decision structure framework for IT decisions on business application needs.
- Critically analyze and evaluate concepts, theories, and scholarly literature on implementing IT governance.
- Analyze the current development and trends on an IT governance implementation topic.
- Analyze the current challenges and issues associated with a topic on implementing IT governance.
- Assess solutions and limitations regarding a topic on implementing IT governance.
- Assess future development and potential research directions for a topic on implementing IT governance.
LEARNING ACTIVITIES
[u09s1] Unit 9 Study 1
Studies
Readings
Use the Harvard Business School Publishing reserved reading to complete the following:
- Read Weill and Ross’s 2008 article, “Mechanisms for Implementing IT Governance,” from IT Governance: How Top Performers Manage IT Decision Rights for Superior Results, Chapter 4, pages 1–36.
