IT Governance—Make it a Benefit for the User

Traditionally, IT governance is viewed by the end user as an impediment to getting their IT projects done. It is seen as another opportunity for the IT department to say no or to throw up obstacles. The perception is that governance is a cover for the IT department’s own inefficiencies or inability to get the job done, lack or resources or know-how; or is due to the subjective whims of the IT senior staff and CIO.

However, in user-centric EA, governance is a help (not hindrance) for users in developing and implementing successful IT projects. The way user-centric EA does this is it manages governance, bringing together the enterprise’s subject matter experts from both the business and IT sides of the house and applying their collective knowledge and best practices to facilitate IT project success.

In user-centric EA, it’s not about saying yes or no -- although of course that is inevitable in approving projects, prioritizing them, and allocating funding -– but rather it is about achieving best value from limited resources and ensuring those investments are successfully deployed.

In user-centric EA, IT governance is implemented to meet the needs of the user community and IT stakeholders -– to help make IT projects a success!

Do you use user-centric IT governance? Or is this just a pipe dream?

IT Governance—Make it a Benefit for the User