A board receives a monthly IT report containing project RAG status, service availability, and incident counts. A director asks whether the enterprise is getting value from its IT spend. Which conclusion about the reporting is MOST accurate?
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Governance of Enterprise IT
10 questions in topicGovernance frameworks and structures, decision rights, strategic alignment, policy hierarchy, enterprise architecture governance, maturity, culture, board reporting, and professional ethics.
An enterprise's governance framework, committee structure, and policy suite were all assessed as strong, yet a major system was procured and deployed by a business unit without any governance involvement. Which explanation is MOST likely?
A CGEIT-certified professional is asked by the CEO to present a governance maturity assessment to the board showing a higher level than the assessment supports, on the basis that the improvement plan will close the gap within a year. What is the CORRECT action?
An enterprise operates a federated governance model. A business unit argues that a proposed enterprise-wide customer data standard should be its own decision because it owns its customer relationships. Which consideration MOST determines the correct allocation?
Two years after establishing an IT governance framework, an enterprise finds that governance bodies meet reliably, papers are well prepared, and decisions are documented โ but the IT portfolio is largely unchanged from what it would have been without the framework. What does this MOST likely indicate?
An enterprise's IT strategy and its enterprise strategy were developed by different teams in the same period, and are internally consistent but reference different market assumptions. What is the MOST significant governance implication?
A board member argues that IT governance is unnecessary because the enterprise employs a highly capable CIO. Which response BEST addresses the argument?
An enterprise's IT steering committee consists entirely of IT leaders and reports to the CIO. Which is the MOST significant structural consequence?
During a governance review, a professional finds that the enterprise has three separate bodies each believing it holds final authority over technology standards. What should be addressed FIRST?
An enterprise's board asks how it should assure itself that IT governance is working, given that it lacks technology expertise. Which advice is MOST appropriate?