Governance in the Trenches: Three Cases of Control

by Stephen J. Andriole

As we've identified and applied business technology management best practices during the past 10 years, we've discovered just how important governance is to successful technology acquisition, deployment, and support. In fact, without clear governance on how we should buy and leverage technology, business technology investments will seldom be optimized. Worse, weak or poorly conceived governance can threaten a company's very survival.