The rise of cloud computing is a perfect opportunity to rethink your IT governance model in a fundamental way.
Read the first part of this column for a discussion of how to reshape IT governance to add value, rather than hold a business back.
Many enterprises place prohibitions on the use of Amazon Web Services (AWS), Google and other cloud services, despite the overwhelming evidence that these platforms enable innovation infinitely more than most of internal IT, and are every bit as secure as current systems — often, more secure.
Rather than the five guiding principles of the COBIT framework that encourage these prohibitions, IT governance should have only one: Exceed stakeholder expectations for agility, innovation, quality and efficiency to drive business value creation.
How is that done while ensuring the proper allocation of capital, the right level of risk management, and while sticking to the service-level agreements demanded by the business? By throwing away convention and being bold; by inspiring your team to let go of preconceptions and fears so they will follow you; by removing people in your team that aren’t capable of adapting to this new role of IT.
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John Treadway 