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IT Governance (ITG)
IT governance (ITG) is defined as the processes that ensure the effective and efficient use of IT in enabling an organization to achieve its goals. IT demand governance (ITDG-what IT should work on) is the process by which organizations ensure the effective evaluation, selection, prioritization, and funding of competing IT investments; oversee their implementation; and extract (measurable) business benefits. ITDG is a business investment decision-making and oversight process, and it is a business management responsibility. IT supply-side governance (ITSG-how IT should do what it does) is concerned with ensuring that the IT organization operates in an effective, efficient and compliant fashion, and it is primarily a CIO responsibility.
IT Governance is an Enterprise governance concept used to define decision rights, standards, controls, exceptions, and accountability across technology portfolios.
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| Context & Usage |
Governance bodies use this concept to make standards enforceable while still allowing justified exceptions and risk-based decisions.
Related concepts include Enterprise Architecture, Application Portfolio, Business Capability and Data Governance.
Additional Resource: The Open Group TOGAF Standard.
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| Categories |
Technical Writing and Documentation, Knowledge Management and Content Governance, Cybersecurity, Compliance, and Access Management, Enterprise Applications, CRM, and Contact Center Systems
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