Practices in IT Governance and Business/IT Alignment

摘要

This research revealed that IT governance is indeed high on the agenda and that organisations with a mature mix of structures, processes and relational mechanisms achieved a higher degree of business/IT alignment maturity compared to other organisations. Some detailed conclusions were drawn regarding IT governance structures, processes and relational mechanisms. It was demonstrated that it is easier to implement IT governance structures than IT governance processes. Relational mechanisms also appeared to be very important in the beginning stages of an IT governance implementation project and become less important when the IT governance framework gets embedded into day-to-day operations.