IT Governance, Management & Architecture
A set of principles and decision making hierarchy
An IT Governance framework is not an off the shelf product, it needs to be tailored to the organisation and is as much about leadership as anything else. Accountability is held at board level and should be clearly communicated and cascaded down the organisation.
Research has found that firms with above average IT governance following a specific strategy had more than 20 percent higher profits than firms with poor governance following the same strategy. If good governance makes sense then good IT governance makes better sense.
The key decision areas in IT governance and management are:
- Information Technology strategy
- Governance and Investment strategy
- Enterprise Architecture: aligning business and IT
- IT Risk management
- Software applications: how they are developed, authorised and managed
- How IT services are delivered or indeed outsourced
- Information compliance and security
Parity offers skills development in most of the decision areas including:
