When designed and functioning properly, IT governance plays an integral role in aligning IT and business goals, helping to focus, fortify, and advance an enterprise’s overall business strategy. Yet all too often, IT leaders fall victim to popular misconceptions that not only derail effective IT governance, but directly conflict with key business objectives. The final outcome is an enterprise that’s burdened by unnecessary risks, compliance vulnerabilities, and missed opportunities, among other serious deficiencies.
Getting IT and business governance frameworks to run smoothly and on the same track requires avoiding the many fallacies that have emerged over time to derail otherwise sound strategies. Here are seven particularly destructive myths you should immediately dodge or ditch.
