Nowadays information technology (IT) is present in all organizations. This pervasive use of technology has created a critical dependency on IT that calls for a specific focus on IT Governance (ITG). Organizations with effective governance have actively adopted a set of ITG mechanisms. However, ITG mechanisms are not well defined among the literature and in some cases there are incongruities in ...

In this article a research vision which links the disciplines Model-Driven Architecture and IT Governance is presented. Model transformation and semantic mapping are enabling technologies for new, advanced solutions to address IT (Information Technology) Governance interoperability. In a prototype the generation of a model is shown based on an IT Governance domain. DOI: 10.4018/jabim.2012100101...

Nowadays organizations require an effective governance framework for their service-oriented architecture (SOA) in order to enable them to use a framework to evaluate their current state governance and determine the governance requirements, and then to offer a suitable model for their governance. Various frameworks have been developed to evaluate the SOA governance. In this paper, a brief introd...

©2008 EDUCAUSE. Reproduction by permission only. There’s an old saying that a camel is a horse designed by a committee. That may be, but it’s just as appropriate to say that committees are the workhorses of higher education. As we report in this chapter, they play a conspicuous role in IT governance as they do in so many other areas of institutional life. Committees are not, however, the only s...

A critical aspect of global ebusiness information technology (IT) governance is ensuring that it is integrated and that it enables economic viability of a company. Poorly thought through purposes will result in poor IT governance, the aim is to improve IT governance and business efficiency and effectiveness. A framework for global ebusiness IT governance is developed in this paper. It is based ...

Die Steuerung von und Entscheidungen zum Einsatz von Informationsund Kommunikationstechnologien (IuK) sind für Hochschulen zu einer zentralen Aufgabe geworden. Die gesamte Institution umfassende Projekte, Kooperationen zwischen Hochschulen und der stetig wachsende Finanzdruck führten seit mehr als zehn Jahren zu Empfehlungen verschiedener Institutionen: Die Einführung von für Hochschulen geeign...

How is developped the IT governance system ? What are the charastics of the system ? IT managers have to make decisions in various domains: IT architecture, IT infrastructure, requirements, finance and project scheduling. “Organisation” facet represents the enterprise context for decisionmaking and delegation (centralised, decentralised or hybrid). The “coverage” facet is representative of the ...

The pervasive use of technology has created a critical dependency on Information Technology (IT) that requires IT Governance (ITG). ITG calls for the definition and implementation of formal mechanisms at the highest level in the organization taking into account structures, processes and relational mechanisms for the creation of business value from IT investments. However, determining the right ...

Distributed information technology®rD assumes abroaderroleboth within the firm and in interorganizational relationships between firms. With organizations increasinglyseeking relationships with suppliers, custonrrs, and competitors, the impact of the DIT function is a key factor for survival and success in thecompetitivemarketplace (Henderson and Venkatraman 1993). Prior empirical evidence point...