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Lesson 5 Flashcards

1
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IT governance definition

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The way an organization controls IT (investment) decision-making.

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Goals of IT governance

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Achieve IT-Business alignment

Control formulation (creating) of IT strategy

Control implementation of IT strategy

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IT governance inlcudes:

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Responsibilities each stage of decision-making process

Allocating decision rights

Establishing accountability framework for IT

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Who makes most IT (investment) decisions? - Centralization

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Corporation managers or central IT

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Who makes most IT (investment) decisions? - Decentralization

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SBU/LOB managers or local IT

SBU = Strategic business unit
LOB = line of business
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Who makes most IT (investment) decisions? - Federation

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Some corporation level

Some local level

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Centralized IT governance - advantages

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Centralized = Corporation controls IS priorities

Economies of scale
No repetitive projects
Control of IT standards
Better support for integration

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Decentralized IT governance - advantages

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Decentralized = Business units control IS priorities

Responsive to business needs
Accountability of business units for cost

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9
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IT Governance archetypes (centralized to decentralized)

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Business monarchy

IT monarchy

Federal

Duopoly

Feudal

Anarchy

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IT principle

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High-level decisions about the IT

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11
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Customized IT governance matrix - Three-step process:

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Initiation (proposal)

Development

Approval

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Customized IT governance matrix - Stakeholders

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Top management team (TMT)

IT professionals (ITP)

Local administrators (LA)

Professional users (PU)

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13
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Customized IT governance matrix - Investment levels

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High vs. Low

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14
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Board’s IT Governance (ITG) Cube (Matta et al. 2016) is for determining:

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Responsibilities of the board regarding IT governance

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Board’s IT Governance (ITG) roles

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Monitor

Advise

Co-opt

Assimilate (supports the other 3 roles)

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16
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Board’s IT Governance (ITG) functions

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IT risk mitigation

IT value creation

17
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Board’s IT Governance (ITG) mechanisms

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Decision-making structures

Formal processes

Communication approaches

18
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IT integration strategies (after takeover or merger)

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Transformation (renewal)

Combination (standardization)

Consolidation (takeover)

Co-existence (synchronization)

19
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IT integration capability means 3 things (after takeover)

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The new organization is able to integrate both firms’:

  1. Technical infrastructure
  2. IT management processes
  3. IT personnel
20
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Successful IT integration requires … integration.

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Technical
Operational
Social

21
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Factors influencing IT integration capability (most influencing to least)

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  1. Business Flexibility (.57)
  2. IT Infrastructure Flexibility (.47)
  3. Prior IT integration experience (.37)
22
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Four dimensions of IT infrastructure flexibility

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IT compatibility

IT connectivity

Modularity

IT personnel skills flexibility

23
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IT compatibility

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The degree to which IT components running on a specific platform can run on another platform

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IT connectivity

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The number and variety of IT components to which a firms’ IT components can connect

25
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Modularity

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Loose integration between IT components.

IT components affect as few other IT components as possible

26
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IT personnel skills flexibility

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The business and technical skills of IT personnel

27
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IT governance types

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Centralization

Decentralization

Federation

28
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Centralized IT governance - disadvantages

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Unresponsive to changes

No business unit accountability for cost

29
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Decentralized IT governance - disadvantages

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Excessive overall cost

Reinvention of wheels

Variable IT standards

Weak system integration

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