Maturity of Information Technology Governance; a Comparative Study

Pervasive use of Information Technology, its strategic role to the achievement of organizational objective, huge investment made on IT related infrastructure as well as regulatory requirements necessitates effective IT Governance. Lack of effective IT Governance may lead to weakened competitive positions,runaway of IT projects, delivery of poor quality IT product or services, lower customer satisfaction and inability to comply with regulatory requirements.The basic premise of this work is that, understanding the current status of IT Governance maturity as compared to competitors and/or industry standard enables organizations to formulate a strategy either to maintain or improve their current status by identifying what has already being done, what works well, where the barriers and gaps are and take remedial action. This book compares maturity of IT Governance between financial institutions in terms of IT Governance Structure, Processes and Relational Mechanisms. This book is useful to stakeholders of IT Governance i.e board of directors, Chief Information Officers, Chief Executive Officers and other business and IT leaders towards achieving desired level of IT Governance Maturity.