2.2 Strategy Committee vs, Steering Committee (Doshi)

Question 1

The role of IT Strategy Committee:

Answer 1

Highest level of IT Oversight; Advises Organization’s Board of Directors and Senior Management on the company’s IT strategy

Question 2

The role of the Board of Directors:

Answer 2

Makes decisions on the basis of the IT strategy commitee

Question 3

The role of the IT Steering Committee:

Answer 3

Responsible for IMPLEMENTING and monitoring

Question 4

Members of the IT Strategy Committee must be:

Answer 4

Board members (MoB) and specialized non-board members

Question 5

(4) Responsibilities of IT Strategy Committee:

Answer 5

(1) Ensure alignment of IT with business objectives
(2) Reduce exposure to IT risks
(3) Provide direction to management
(4) Ensure the contribution of IT to business objectives

Question 6

Members of IT Steering committee must include:

Answer 6

Members include Executives, CIO, and functionaries as required.

Question 7

Responsibilities of IT steering committee:

Answer 7

(1) IMPLEMENTATION as per direction from the Board
(2) Approve project plans and budget
(3) Setting priorities and milestones
(4) Ensure project meets the business requirement and continuous monitoring
(5) Aquire, assign, and ensure efficient use of IT resources

Question 8

What does each committee do in the short term?

Answer 8

(1) Strategy committee shows the direction of IT
Versus
(2) Steering committee drives the IT implementation

Question 9

Which of the following is the role of IT Steering Committee?

A. Advise board on IT Strategy.
B. Approve & monitor funds for IT Strategy.
C. Scheduling meetings.
D. Monitoring of outsourcing agreements.

Answer 9

B. Approve & monitor funds for IT Strategy.

A.IT Strategy Committee advises the board on IT Strategy.
B. IT Steering committee responsibilities include approving project plan and budget, setting priorities and milestone, appropriate use of resources and ensuring that project meets the business requirement.
C. Scheduling meetings is the routing activity to be taken care by IT executives.
D. Monitoring of outsourcing agreements to be done on a continuous basis by IT executives.

Question 10

Which of the following authority is responsible for monitoring the overall project, achievement of milestones and alignment of the project with business requirements?

A. User Management
B. IT steering committee
C. IT strategy committee
D. System Development Management

Answer 10

B. IT steering committee

A. User management provides functional requirements and approves the UAT.
B. IT steering committee is responsible for monitoring the overall project, achievement of milestones and alignment of the project with business requirements.
C. IT strategy committee advises the board on IT strategy. They are not involved in implementation.
D. System Development Management provides technical support for hardware and software.

Question 11

Which of the following is the role of the IT Steering Committee?

A. Issuance of Purchase Order (PO) to impaneled vendor.
B. Providing hardware support.
C. Prioritization of IT projects as per business requirement.
D. Advises board on IT strategy

Answer 11

C. Prioritization of IT projects as per business requirement

A. Issuance of Purchase Order (PO) to impaneled vendor is a routine activity to be performed by IT dept.
B. Providing hardware support is also a routine activity to be performed by IT dept.
C. Responsibilities of the IT steering committee include prioritization of IT projects as per business requirement.
D. IT strategy committee advises the board on IT strategy.

Question 12

The chairperson for steering committee who can have a significant impact on a business area would be the:

A. Board Member.
B. Executive level Officer
C. Chief Information Officer (CIO)
D. Business Analyst

Answer 12

B. Executive level Officer

A. Board Members generally are not expected to be involved in implementation.
B. The chair of the steering committee should be a senior person (executive level manager) with the authority to make decisions.
C. The chief information officer (CIO) would not normally be the chair, although the CIO or his the representative would be a member to provide input on organization wide strategies.
D. Business Analyst do not have an appropriate level of authority within the organization.

Question 13

An IS steering committee should constitute of:

A. Board Members
B. User Management
C. Key executives and representative from user management
D. Members from IT dept.

Answer 13

C. Key executives and representative from user management

A. Board Members generally are not expected to be involved in implementation.
B. Only User Management will not serve the objective of the committee.
C. Steering committee should consist of Key executives and representative from user management.
D. Only IT dept. will not serve the objective of the committee

Question 14

Which of the following is a PRIME role of an IT steering committee?

A. IT support to user management.
B. Monitoring IT priorities and milestones.
C. Monitoring IT vendors.
D. Advise board members about new projects.

Answer 14

B. Monitoring IT priorities and milestones.

A. IT support to user management is routine activity to be managed by IT team.
B. Monitoring IT priorities and milestones is the responsibility of IT steering committee.
C. Monitoring IT vendors is routine activity to be managed by IT team.
D. Advise board members about new projects is the responsibility of IT strategy committee.

Question 15

An IT steering committee should review the IT process to determine:

A. Alignment of IT processes with business requirement.
B. Capacity management.
C. Functionality of existing software.
D. Stability of installed technology.

Answer 15

A. Alignment of IT processes with business requirement.

A. The role of an IT steering committee is to determine whether IT processes are aligned with business requirement.
B. Capacity management is not Prime objective of IT steering committee.
C. Functionality of existing software is not Prime objective of IT steering committee.
D. Stability of installed technology is not Prime objective of IT steering committee.

Question 16

Which of the following is a function of an IS steering committee?

A. Monitoring change management & control testing.
B. Monitoring role conflict assessment.
C. Approving and monitoring major projects, the status of IS plans and budgets
D. Monitoring service level agreements with third party vendors.

Answer 16

C. Approving and monitoring major projects, the status of IS plans and budgets.

A. Monitoring change management and control testing is a routine activity to be managed by IT dept. Routine activity to be managed by IT dept. Approving and monitoring major projects, the status of IS plans and budgets is the responsibility of IT Steering Committee. Routine activity to be managed by IT dept.

Question 17

IS department is in process of floating the request for proposal (RFP) for the acquisition of an application system. Who would MOST likely to approve content of RFP:

A. project steering committee.
B. project sponsor.
C. project manager.
D. IS Strategy committee.

Answer 17

A. project steering committee.

The project steering committee provides overall direction and is also responsible for monitoring project costs and project schedules .A project steering committee usually consists of a senior representative from each function that will be affected by the new system and would be the most appropriate group to approve the RFP. The project sponsor provides funding for the project. IS strategy committee advices board of directors on IT initiatives.

Question 18

Which of the following is a major control weakness that can adversely affect a system development project?

A. Out of 10 recommendation from IT strategy committee, board has approved only 8 recommendations.
B. Project deadlines have not been specified in project approval plan.
C. Project Manager has not been specified in project approval plan.
D. The organization has decided that a project steering committee is not required

Answer 18

D. The organization has decided that a project steering committee is not required.

A. Board can adopt recommendation as per its requirement. This is not a control weakness.
B. This is control weakness but not as critical as not having project steering committee.
C. This is control weakness but not as critical as not having project steering committee.
D. The project steering committee provides overall direction and is also responsible for monitoring. project costs and project schedules. Absence of such committee can be considered as major weakness.

Question 19

An organization has established a steering committee to oversee its application development program. Following is the function of the steering committee:

A. documentation of requirements.
B. escalation of project issues.
C. design of interface controls.
D. specification of reports.

Answer 19

B. escalation of project issues.

The function of the steering committee is to ensure the success of the project. If there are factors or issues that potentially could affect planned results, the steering committee should escalate them.

Question 20

IT Strategy committee’s role:

Answer 20

advises board on various IT strategy and initiatives

Question 21

Steering committee’s role:

Answer 21

focuses on implementation part.

Question 22

Responsibilities of Strategy Committee:

.

Answer 22

include determining exposure of IT and strategic direction to board.

Question 23

Responsibilities of Steering Committee:

Answer 23

include setting priorities and milestone, monitoring and approving funds and efficient use of IT resources

Question 24

Role of Board of directors:

Answer 24

IT governance is primarily the responsibility of the board of directors.

Question 25

Role of Strategy Committee:

Answer 25

Role of strategy committee is to advise board on IT initiative. Strategy committee generally consists of board members and specialized non-board members.

Question 26

Role of Steering Committee:

Answer 26

The role of an IT steering committee is to ensure that the IS department is in harmony with the organization’s mission and objectives. To ensure this, the committee must determine whether IS processes support the business requirements.

Question 27

The IT steering committee monitors and

Answer 27

facilitates deployment of IT resources for specific projects in support of business plans.

Question 28

An IT Steering committee would MOST likely perform which of the following functions?

A) Placement of a purchase order with the approved IT vendor.
B) Installation of systems software and application software
C) Monitor IT project prioritization as per business requirement.
D) Interview staff for the IT department

Answer 28

C) Monitor IT project prioritization as per business requirement.

Question 29

Who is responsible for monitoring the overall project, direction, costs, and schedules for system development projects?

A) IT Strategy Committee
B) IT Steering Committee
C) Senior Management
D) The Project Team Leader

Answer 29

B) IT Steering Committee

Question 30

An enterprise has established a steering committee to monitor mission critical projects. The Steering committee would MOST likely be involved in the:

A) designing of specification
B) escalation of project issues
C) design of interface controls
D) vendor assessment

Answer 30

B) escalation of project issues

Question 31

Which of the following is a PRIME role of an IT steering committee?

A. Ensuring the installation of genuine software in every computer
B. Ensuring efficient use of IT resources
C. Vendor assessment
D. Advise board members about new projects.

Answer 31

B. Ensuring efficient use of IT resources

Question 32

An IT steering committee should review information systems PRIMARILY to assess:

A) whether IT processes support business requirements
B) to assess capacity management
C) to assess the functionality of existing software
D) to review stability of installed technology

Answer 32

A) whether IT processes support business requirements

Question 33

Which of the following is a function of an IS steering committee?

A) Monitoring vendor-controlled change control and testing
B) Ensuring a separation of duties within the information system’s processing environment
C) Approving and monitoring major projects, the status of IS plans and budgets
D) to assess the capacity management

Answer 33

C) Approving and monitoring major projects, the status of IS plans and budgets