Comments on: Getting the right focus for IT governance http://www.mwdadvisors.com/blog/2007/07/getting-right-focus-for-it-governance.html Thoughts on BPM, collaboration, analytics and information management, technology trends and the business value of IT Sat, 04 Feb 2012 07:21:12 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Neil Ward-Dutton http://www.mwdadvisors.com/blog/2007/07/getting-right-focus-for-it-governance.html/comment-page-1#comment-296 Neil Ward-Dutton Mon, 16 Jul 2007 09:04:00 +0000 http://mwdtemp.wordpress.com/2007/07/13/getting-the-right-focus-for-it-governance/#comment-296 Well said Nick.<br/>Sadly securing a shared commitment across management quite often runs counter to the way organisations are set up and people are incentivised... Well said Nick.
Sadly securing a shared commitment across management quite often runs counter to the way organisations are set up and people are incentivised…

]]> By: Neil Ward-Dutton http://www.mwdadvisors.com/blog/2007/07/getting-right-focus-for-it-governance.html/comment-page-1#comment-298 Neil Ward-Dutton Mon, 16 Jul 2007 09:04:00 +0000 http://mwdtemp.wordpress.com/2007/07/13/getting-the-right-focus-for-it-governance/#comment-298 Well said Nick.<br/>Sadly securing a shared commitment across management quite often runs counter to the way organisations are set up and people are incentivised... Well said Nick.
Sadly securing a shared commitment across management quite often runs counter to the way organisations are set up and people are incentivised…

]]> By: Nick Malik http://www.mwdadvisors.com/blog/2007/07/getting-right-focus-for-it-governance.html/comment-page-1#comment-295 Nick Malik Fri, 13 Jul 2007 17:01:00 +0000 http://mwdtemp.wordpress.com/2007/07/13/getting-the-right-focus-for-it-governance/#comment-295 ABSOLUTELY! I once heard an 'elevator speech' for governance that goes like this:<br/><br/>Governance is knowing who has the final say for each of 100 different decisions, making sure that there are no conflicts of interest and that all viewpoints are respected.<br/><br/>That's not a headcount. Not for long anyway. That's a decision, by management, to have one way to solve a problem. ABSOLUTELY! I once heard an ‘elevator speech’ for governance that goes like this:

Governance is knowing who has the final say for each of 100 different decisions, making sure that there are no conflicts of interest and that all viewpoints are respected.

That’s not a headcount. Not for long anyway. That’s a decision, by management, to have one way to solve a problem.

]]> By: Nick Malik http://www.mwdadvisors.com/blog/2007/07/getting-right-focus-for-it-governance.html/comment-page-1#comment-297 Nick Malik Fri, 13 Jul 2007 17:01:00 +0000 http://mwdtemp.wordpress.com/2007/07/13/getting-the-right-focus-for-it-governance/#comment-297 ABSOLUTELY! I once heard an 'elevator speech' for governance that goes like this:<br/><br/>Governance is knowing who has the final say for each of 100 different decisions, making sure that there are no conflicts of interest and that all viewpoints are respected.<br/><br/>That's not a headcount. Not for long anyway. That's a decision, by management, to have one way to solve a problem. ABSOLUTELY! I once heard an ‘elevator speech’ for governance that goes like this:

Governance is knowing who has the final say for each of 100 different decisions, making sure that there are no conflicts of interest and that all viewpoints are respected.

That’s not a headcount. Not for long anyway. That’s a decision, by management, to have one way to solve a problem.

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