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A review of Governance of IT

skeptic — Sat, 21 Dec 2013 01:58:10 +0000

Here is an important book: Governance of IT, by Alison Holt. Everyone in any role of authority in IT should read it, and anyone else would benefit from a better understanding of governance as well - it is a horrendously misunderstood and misused term.

Better still, everyone in executive management or governance of any organisation should read it. Well I can dream.

Governors govern

skeptic — Mon, 04 Jun 2012 22:40:02 +0000

I've said it before on this blog a number of times but it bears repeating: governors govern.

COBIT 5: muddying governance and management

skeptic — Sun, 31 Jul 2011 20:48:47 +0000

Execution always falls short of expectation. I'm still pondering my impressions of COBIT5 - more on that later - but one thing is clear: they haven't fully fixed the governance/management thing. [Update: I didn't get this right, see comments below]