IT Governance - An Integrated Framework and Roadmap: How to Plan, Deploy and Sustain for Competitive Advantage

The issues, opportunities and challenges of effectively governing an organization's Information Technology (IT) demands, investments and resources has become a major concern of the Board and executive management in enterprises on a global basis. IT is an integral part of most organizations today and will certainly become more critical in the future. Therefore, IT governance must be an integral part of enterprise governance. While there is no single right way for organizations to approach improvements in IT governance, this paper proposes a comprehensive and integrated IT governance framework and roadmap which identifies the appropriate current and emerging best practice methodologies for each of the major IT Governance components that must be addressed in any approach.