The IT Governance Evangelist - All Comments

re: Brazil

Steve Romero — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 13:39:12 GMT

Thanks for your comment Joan. Yes, it was ironic and I winced when I heard it. I had reservations about contradicting a fellow speaker but his comment provided a great opportunity for me to change this perception of IT Governance.

re: Brazil

Joan — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 23:34:23 GMT

Great post, Steve. Sounds like you had a good time in Sao Paolo. Interesting perspective on life/IT in Brazil.

Ironic that the speaker who preceeded you thinks ITG is "not exciting." Attendees sure got two different POVs from that panel!

If they don’t know it’s broke, they won’t care that ITG can fix it

The IT Governance Evangelist — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 16:23:51 GMT

This is the second blog inspired by a comment Rodney Sculthorpe made to my blog entitled " Who owns

Getting IT a Seat at the Business Leadership Table

The IT Governance Evangelist — Wed, 21 May 2008 13:57:39 GMT

This blog entry was inspired by a comment posted by "Mike" to my recent post entitled "

How do you convince Executive Management of the merits of ITG?

The IT Governance Evangelist — Tue, 20 May 2008 13:49:41 GMT

This blog entry was inspired by a comment posted by Rodney Sculthorpe to my recent post entitled "

re: Who owns IT Governance, the Business or IT?

Steve Romero — Mon, 19 May 2008 20:03:28 GMT

Rodney/Mike: Excellent questions. Answers to them deserve prominent placement in my blog. Please look for new posts based on your comments in the coming days.

re: Who owns IT Governance, the Business or IT?

Mike — Thu, 15 May 2008 13:49:30 GMT

Steve - Another great read! To piggy back on Rodney's question about convincing execs, how do you recommend convincing the IT department to 'accept' their role as a business partner especially when IT Governance isn't adopted within an organization? Is there a general rule or set of steps that companies can begin to use as a foundation for change which you found that both "sides" can agree on?

re: Who owns IT Governance, the Business or IT?

Rodney Sculthorpe — Thu, 15 May 2008 11:19:27 GMT

Steve - Interesting read, and thanks for posting about your meeting. Seems you had eager people...

Question: how do you convince exec's that EA Governance and IT Governance is needed when they don't understand what it really is, and can't see why they need it? Yes, they are exec's, but this is a small to medium sized company that is growing quickly and they really have not been exposed to the need for controlling processes as the company get bigger.

The problem I have is they want to "see" something that they can "touch and smell" - if you get my drift. They want to be convinced with conclusive proof, BEFORE governance is implemented, that it is going to bring value to the company.

How would you go about doing this?

Thanks!

re: Straight Talk About Project Failures

Steve Romero — Thu, 08 May 2008 12:03:24 GMT

Hi Hunter, thanks for the comment. Although your IT Governance planet might still appear to be desolate, I hope you feel less isolated. You are not alone.

re: Straight Talk About Project Failures

hunter — Sun, 04 May 2008 01:44:03 GMT

I don't know why you don't get more comments, your coverage of this topic lets me know I am not the only one living on this desolate, isolated planet we call IT Governance.

Thanks & keep it up!

re: My interview in Michael Krigsman’s “IT Project Failures” blog

Sam — Thu, 24 Jan 2008 20:48:52 GMT

Dear Steve aka IT Governance Evangelist,

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re: No Such Thing as IT Governance?

Steve Romero — Fri, 30 Nov 2007 16:26:59 GMT

Thanks for your comment, Alan. I completely agree with your contention that IT Governance is not a function of the IT Team, which is why I contend it is a function of the Board of Directors. And though ITG is “no more complex, conceptually, than extending corporate governance to IT,” the mechanisms for governing IT differ from the mechanisms historically used to govern other business units. ISACA (the authors of COBIT) also agrees that COBIT is not a complete Governance framework. This is evidenced by their recent publication of ValIT, a framework to optimize the realization of value from IT investments.

re: No Such Thing as IT Governance?

Alan Calder — Fri, 23 Nov 2007 12:07:10 GMT

Steve,

That's an interesting post. I would say that IT Governance is no more complex, conceptually, than extending corporate governance to IT. CobiT is not a complete IT governance framework – but it is a very useful internal control framework for IT. IT Governance is not a function of the IT team. The board is responsible for IT, just as it is for sales, marketing, HR, etc (as I wrote in one of my books, ‘IT Governance: Guidelines for Directors’).

Alan Calder