ITG is based on structures or architectures (and the associated authority patterns) implemented to conduct feasible activities (imperatives of IT) in response to the organizational environment and strategic intentions of the company. |
Structure, Strategy |
Sambamurthy and Zmud (1999Sambamurthy, V., & Zmud, R. W. (1999). Arrangements for information technology governance. MIS Quarterly, 23(2), 261-290. https://doi.org/10.2307/249754 https://doi.org/10.2307/249754...
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ITG refers to responsibility structures and entitlement to decision-making to elicit desirable behaviors in relation to IT. |
Responsibility, Structure, Decision |
Weill and Ross (2004Weill, P., & Ross, J. W. (2004) IT Governance on One Page. MIT Sloan School of Management Research Paper Series, Cambridge, Working Paper n. 4516-04. https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.664612 https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.664612...
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ITG is the organizational competence exerted by the board and IT executives to control the formulation and implementation of IT strategies to ensure the business-IT alignment. |
Control, Strategy, Alignment |
Van Grembergen et al. (2004Van Grembergen, W., De Haes, S., & Guldentops, E. (2004). Structures, processes and relational mechanisms for IT governance. In W. Van Grembergen (Ed.), Strategies for implementing information technology governance. Hershey: Idea Group.) |
ITG is the system by which the IT portfolio of an organization is managed and controlled, comprising (a) distribution of decision-making and responsibility entitlement on IT issues among all the organization’s stakeholders and (b) rules and procedures to make IT strategy-related decisions and track them. |
IT Portfolio, Management, Control, Decision, Responsibility, Rules and Procedures, Strategy |
Peterson (2004Peterson, R. (2004). Integration strategies and tactics for information technology governance. In W. Van Grembergen (Ed.), Strategies for information technology governance, Hershey: Idea Group.) |
ITG is the strategic alignment of IT with the business in order to maximize the business value via IT governance development and maintenance of effective IT control and tracking, performance management, and risk management. |
Strategy, Alignment, Value, Control, Performance, Management, Risk |
Webb et al. (2006Webb, P., Pollard, C., & Ridley, G. (2006, January). Attempting to define IT governance: Wisdom or folly? Proceedings of the Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences, 8(C), 1-10. Washington, DC, United States.) |
ITG basically concerns the IT-referred decision-making process: from the elaboration of it to the implementation of the decisions related to the objectives, processes, personnel, and technology both at tactical and strategic levels. |
Decision, Process, Personnel, Strategy, Tactics |
Simonsson and Johnson (2006Simonsson, M., & Johnson, P. (2006, June). Defining IT governance - A consolidation of literature. Proceedings of the Conference on Advanced Information Systems Engineering, 6, 1-19, Melbourne, Australia, 18.) |
ITG is a responsibility of the organization’s board and executives. It is an integral part of corporate governance, comprising leadership mechanisms, organizational structure, and processes that ensure IT can support and enhance the organization’s strategies and objectives. |
Leadership, Structure, Process, Strategy |
IT Governance Institute [ITGI] (2006) |
ITG is the system by which current and future IT use is guided and controlled. It involves assessment and management of IT use to support the organization in monitoring it to achieve its plans. It includes strategies and policies for IT use in the organization. |
Control, Assessment, Management, Monitoring, Planning, Strategy, Policy |
International Organization for Standardization [ISO] / International Electrotechnical Commission [IEC] (2008) |
ITG comprises the system in charge of distributing responsibilities and rights on IT decisions, as well as managing and controlling the technological resources of the organization, aiming, thus, to ensure the IT alignment with the organizational strategies and objectives. |
Responsibilities, Rights, Decision, Management, Control, Alignment, Strategy |
Lunardi (2008Lunardi, G. L. (2008). Um estudo empírico e analítico do impacto da Governança de TI no desempenho organizacional (dissertation). Porto Alegre, RS: Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul.) |
ITG refers to the board’s responsibility in overseeing the definition and implementation of processes, structures, and relationship mechanisms in the organization in order to enable IT-business alignment and consequently the business value of IT. |
Responsibility, Process, Structure, Relationship, Alignment, Value |
Van Grembergen and De Haes (2009Van Grembergen, W., & De Haes, S. (2009). Enterprise governance of information technology: Achieving strategic alignment and value. New York, NY: Springer.) |
ITG allows the information and the related technologies to support and enable the organization’s strategy and objectives in order that IT capabilities can be provided with efficiency and effectiveness. |
Strategy, Capabilities, Efficiency, Effectiveness |
Information Systems Audit and Control Association [ISACA] (2012) |
ITG definitions |
Key dimensions |
References |
ITG can be defined as the specification and assignment of decision entitlement, processes and communication mechanisms for IT management and control, leading IT to be strategically aligned with the business and allowing the delivery of IT-enabled value to the business. |
Decision, Process, Communication, Management, Control, Strategy, Alignment, Value |
Alves, Riekstin, Carvalho, and Vidal (2013Alves, C. R. C., Riekstin, A. C., Carvalho, T. C. M. B., & Vidal, A. G. R. (2013, May). IT governance frameworks: A literature review of Brazilian publications. Proceedings of CONF-IRM 2013. Retrieved from https://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/download?doi=10.1.1.1041.1586&rep=rep1&type=pdf https://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/do...
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ITG is an important organizational skill to promote IT-business alignment and the delivery of IT value for the business. To implement IT governance, the companies may use a set of practices associated with decision-making processes and relationship mechanisms. |
Alignment, Value, Practice, Process, Decision, Relationship |
Bermejo, Tonelli, Zambalde, Santos, and Zuppo (2014Bermejo, P. H., Tonelli, A. O., Zambalde, A. L., Santos, P. A. dos, & Zuppo, L. (2014). Evaluating IT governance practices and business and IT outcomes: A quantitative exploratory study in Brazilian companies. Procedia Technology, 16, 849-857. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.protcy.2014.10.035 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.protcy.2014.10...
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