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IT Governance Maximises IT Returns

The Agile Manager

This suggests strongly that “how work is done” is an essential IT governance question. That is, IT governance must not be concerned only with measuring results, but also knowing that that the way in which those results are achieved is in compliance with practices that minimise the probability of failure.

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Mitigating Capability Risk

The Agile Manager

A recent quote from Shari Ballard, EVP of Retail Channel with Best Buy, highlights this: 'Look at why big companies die. Capability risk management is a byproduct of effective IT Governance. This leaves the mass of executors wasting effort on misfit solutions, or it leaves them idle, waiting for orders. They implode on themselves.