Effective governance is most critical in difficult times. When an enterprise faces stagnant or declining revenues with no clearly visible path back to growth, cutting costs is almost certainly appropriate, especially if governance was ineffective in the good times and practices got, well, sloppy. IT has no special status; it may justify a less-than-proportionate cut versus the overall enterprise -- or maybe the opposite.
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Making IT Governance Effective When Budgets Are Tight
Posted February 11, 2010 | Leadership | Leadership |
About The Author
Paul Clermont is a Cutter Expert. He has been a consultant in IT strategy, governance, and management for 40 years and is a founding member of Prometheus Endeavor, an informal group of veteran consultants in that field. His clients have been primarily in the financial and manufacturing industries, as well as the US government. Mr. Clermont takes a clear, practical view of how information technology can transform organizations and what it takes… Read More
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