It alignment: who is in charge?

IT GOVERNANCE DOMAIN PRACTICES AND COMPETENCIES

IT Alignment: Who Is in Charge?

IT GOVERNANCE DOMAIN PRACTICES AND COMPETENCIES

IT Alignment: Who Is in Charge?

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IT Alignment: Who Is in Charge?

The IT Governance Institute® The IT Governance Institute (ITGI) (www.itgi.org) was established in 1998 to advance international thinking and standards in directing and controlling anenterprise’s information technology. Effective IT governance helps ensure that IT supports business goals, optimises business investment in IT, and appropriately manages IT-related risks and opportunities. The IT Governance Institute offers original research, electronic resources and case studies to assist enterprise leaders and boards of directors in their IT governance responsibilities. DisclaimerThe IT Governance Institute (the “Owner”) has designed and created this publication, titled IT Alignment: Who Is in Charge? (the “Work”), primarily as an educational resource for chief information officers, senior management and IT management. The Owner makes no claim that use of any of the Work will assure a successful outcome. The Work should not be considered inclusive of any properinformation, procedures and tests or exclusive of other information, procedures and tests that are reasonably directed to obtaining the same results. In determining the propriety of any specific information, procedure or test, chief information officers, senior management and IT management should apply their own professional judgement to the specific circumstances presented by the particular systems orinformation technology environment. Disclosure Copyright © 2005 by the IT Governance Institute. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be used, copied, reproduced, modified, distributed, displayed, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form by any means (electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise), without the prior written authorisation of the ITGovernance Institute. Reproduction of selections of this publication, for internal and noncommercial or academic use only, is permitted and must include full attribution of the material’s source. No other right or permission is granted with respect to this work. IT Governance Institute 3701 Algonquin Road, Suite 1010 Rolling Meadows, IL 60008 USA Phone: +1.847.590.7491 Fax: +1.847.590.1443 E-mail:info@itgi.org Web site: www.itgi.org ISBN 1-933284-14-5 IT Alignment: Who Is in Charge? Printed in the United States of America

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Acknowledgements
From the Publisher The IT Governance Institute wishes to recognise:
The ITGI Board of Trustees Marios Damianides, CISA, CISM, CA, CPA, Ernst & Young LLP, USA, International President Abdul Hamid Bin Abdullah, CISA, CPA, AuditorGeneral’s Office, Singapore, Vice President William C. Boni, CISM, Motorola, USA, Vice President Ricardo Bria, CISA, SAFE Consulting Group, Spain, Vice President Everett C. Johnson, CPA, Deloitte & Touche (retired), USA, Vice President Howard Nicholson, CISA, City of Salisbury, Australia, Vice President Bent Poulsen, CISA, CISM, VP Securities Services, Denmark, Vice President Frank Yam, CISA,FHKCS, CIA, CCP, CFE, CFSA, FFA, Focus Strategic Group Inc., Hong Kong, Vice President Robert S. Roussey, CPA, University of Southern California, USA, Past International President Paul A. Williams, FCA, CITP, Paul Williams Consulting, UK, Past International President Emil D’Angelo, CISA, CISM, Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi, USA, Trustee Ronald Saull, CSP, Great-West Life and IGM Financial, Canada, TrusteeErik Guldentops, CISA, CISM, Belgium, Advisor, IT Governance Institute The Author and Researcher Paul A. Williams, FCA, CITP, Paul Williams Consulting, UK Lighthouse Global The ITGI Committee Tony Hayes, Queensland Government, Australia, Chair Georges Ataya, CISA, CISM, CISSP, ICT Control SA/nv, Belgium Reynaldo de la Fuente, CISA, CISM, DataSec SRL, Uruguay Rupert Dodds, CISA, CISM, FCA, KPMG...