I note the chaser’s take on blogs and how they can peter out (warning: some strong language in the Chaser Comments and some articles – non-FYOSS): “Blog Abandoned After Five Entries”.
At any rate, tonight I am to present at the CPA Australia IT Discussion Group, so you can as usual expect to see the growth in thinking that has occurred on IT Governance since the last time a presentations similar to this one was done. We had to close the books on this one at 50, so it is being re-run in May as I understand it from John Halliday.
Presentation for CPA Australia IT Discussion Group
Micheal is presenting to the CPA Australia IT Discussion Group on 29th March 2006 on the topic “Governing the Information Technology Beast”.
John Halliday is the convenor of this group – thanks John!!!
Topic: “Governing the Information Technology Beast”
Date: 29th March 2006 5:30pm for 6:00pm
About this Topic
This one hour presentation will introduce the topic of Information Technology Governance, and provide specific and practical tools to assist with taming the information technology ‘beast’ within your organisation.
Tools examined include:
- Leading Approaches in Information Technology Management
- The role of the Boardroom in Planning, Building, Managing, and Running the Information Technology business function
- Business IT Planning Process
- IT Governance Calendar
- Project Governance Management Tools
The presentation is practical and is focussed on having an impact on the organisation, from an SME to a listed company. The material for this seminar will operate within the framework presented by CPA Australia’s recent ITM CoE publication, “IT Governance: a Practical Guide for Company Directors and Business Executives”.
About your Presenter:
Micheal is the Director of Information Systems Consulting within BDO Kendalls’ Consulting Division. Micheal has extensive expertise in the evaluation and assessment of information system projects and information technology services for large businesses and government agencies in line with business strategies, goals, and objectives.
Micheal has had several articles published on information systems and business in his role as Chairman for the CPA Australia Information Technology & Management Centre of Excellence. Micheal is also co-author of research papers on information systems in association with the University of Queensland and Georgia State University.
I’m interesting in your article about governing IT Beast,
I’m doing my thesis in IT Governance now, and your article inspired me to do more research in that area, any suggest are welcome
thanks
If the framework can’t be applied, it’s not much use as a framework. The governance approach should mean that you do tame the IT Beast – governance is about addressing those issues that crop up in every business around IT – who authorised this, do we need it, is it too much. So governance is your strategic weapon to address IT overhead.
Sometimes the IT Governance seems like an overhead when you are buried in it so I believe you need to take incremental steps to get a mature culture in place. I also believe that the framework and tools you put in should match the culture and type of company that you are – some companies are focussed on operational excellence so their approach will be different to a customer-intimate company. However, I am not certain that there’s a large body of research out there to prove that.
I haven’t read the specific article to which you refer, but if it is what you imply I am sure that is applicable for further research. In my experience with research, narrow your question down as specifically as you possibly can.