IT Governance Practices for The Success of IT Initiatives – A Conceptual Framework

Abstract

In the recent day, it is important to understand the ways to govern Information Technology in an organization rather than just utilizing them. IT Governance is critical to most of the organization. It acts more of a strategic driver for business rather than just a supportive tool. The overall performance of an organization can be impacted by IT Governance. IT Governance helps to specify the responsibilities to encourage a desirable behavior from IT to generate value from IT investments. Unfortunately, in many organizations, this is more of an aspiration than reality. The objective of this study is to explore the current practices of IT Governance in a manufacturing firm. This paper analyses the 3 main mechanisms of IT Governance, i.e., structure, process, and relational mechanisms, with relation to the main 5 domains of the IT Governance; IT value delivery, IT resource management, IT performance measurement, IT strategic alignment and IT risk management. This study is aligned with existing literatures on the concept of IT Governance and addresses the gap from a practical approach.