Stu Werner, Executive Vice President and CIO, Li & Fong, U.S.A. It provides details, yet serves as a easily reference-able road-map for today's busy IT executives it's a great desktop companion!' It is so comprehensive that today's IT leader need look at few other sources to ensure that they have nailed what it takes to lead a world-class IT organization. Selig has written an extremely comprehensive book on IT Governance. Bullen, Senior Lecturer, Howe School of Technology Management, Stevens Institute of Technology In todays marketplace, where no organization can compete effectively without alignment, this book can become the executive handbook for IT management'Ĭhristine V.
He uses IT governance as the focal point for executing best practices to create alignment between IT and the business. 'Selig has brought together his years of practical experience and his academic training to produce a valuable resource on how to successfully manage IT.
includes COBIT, the balanced scorecard and other metrics and controls) and leadership, teams and people skills. Each of the chapters also covers one or more of the following action oriented topics: demand management and alignment (the why and what of IT strategic planning, portfolio investment management, decision authority, etc.) execution management (includes the how - Program/Project Management, IT Service Management and Delivery with IT Infrastructure Library and Strategic Sourcing and outsourcing) performance, risk and contingency management (e.g. The book is divided into nine chapters, which cover the three critical pillars necessary to develop, execute and sustain a robust and effective IT governance environment - leadership and proactive people and change agents, flexible and scalable processes and enabling technology. This new title fills that need in the marketplace and gives readers a structured and practical solutions using the best of the best principles available today. Much less has been written about a comprehensive and integrated IT/Business Alignment, Planning, Execution and Governance approach. Much has been written and documented about the individual components of IT Governance such as strategic planning, demand (portfolio investment) management, program and project management, IT service management and delivery, strategic sourcing and outsourcing, performance management and metrics, like the balanced scorecard, compliance and others. An integrated and comprehensive approach to the alignment, planning, execution and governance of IT and its resources has become critical to more effectively align, integrate, invest, measure, deploy, service and sustain the strategic and tactical direction and value proposition of IT in support of organizations. The issues, opportunities and challenges of aligning information technology more closely with an organization and effectively governing an organizations Information Technology (IT) investments, resources, major initiatives and superior uninterrupted service is becoming a major concern of the Board and executive management in enterprises on a global basis.