Category: IT Governance
Are You Using the Best IT Governance Architecture?
This Article from the ISACA Journal provides a sprawling and inclusive explanation of the various styles and procedures available in IT Governance architecture. Following the process of choosing an IT Governance model from start to finish, this article is valuable to anyone who wants to see what options exist.
10 ways to squander your IT investments.
These 10 tips from Jeff Papows are essential for anyone who wants to increase buy in, sustainability, and effects of good IT governance.
Case study: Nottingham Trent University IT Success
This podcast tells the story of Nottingham Trent University and their journey through improving end-user satisfaction while gaining operational efficiency. The podcast participants included Ian Griffiths, Director of Strategic Partnerships at Nottingham Trent University, and Michael Garrett, Vice President of Professional Services for HP EMEA. Through the podcast the two (along with a moderator) discuss [...]
3 Ways ITIL Makes Your Service Delivery Second to None.
In this highly visual presentation by Clay Nickels, a three step approach to understanding how the use of ITIL can improve your delivery of “one of IT’s most important services”. Providing vivid examples of why ITIL is a great choice for Application Support, this presentation is useful for anyone looking to promote its use in [...]
IT departments to become services brokers
Thorp said another major challenge was IT governance — an issue which … “Unfortunately IT governance suffers from the same thing anything else with ‘IT’ …
How do You Stack Up in Portfolio Management Maturity?
This PDF from Project Management Solutions illustrates just how far most organizations still need to travel in order to succeed in portfolio management: over 90% of organizations are at the bottom two levels of the maturity scale, and none of those surveyed were at the top. More mature portfolio management leads to better alignment with [...]
IT Governance Stops the Hate Between the Business and IT
This blog post from Steve Romero defends a previous assertion he made in regard to IT governance: that any problem within IT can be resolved (or avoided) by sound IT governance. Using this as his working principle, Romero lists the pain points brought up by other blogger’s post on what executives hate about IT – [...]
PPM isn’t easy: 3 common project portfolio management mistakes
Ann All gives us 3 mistakes (distilled from an article by Adam Bookman) commonly found within IT projects.
ITIL – A Simple Explanation
In this YouTube Video, a unique explanation of ITIL is given: with a non-IT audience in mind. Coming from the perspective of an IT Executive, explaning ITIL to non-IT associates can be difficult. In this light-hearted video, a few tips are given to help any CIO explain ITIL clearly and without technical jargon.
Leader: The Importance of IT Governance
Silicon.com polled CIOs about their top priorities in 2006, IT governance topped the list. This Article explains the findings of the poll, explores the causes and meaning behind the concern over It governance, and how having a solid IT governance plan will win over the boardroom.










