IT Governance and Its Implementation Based on a Detailed Framework of IT Governance (dFogIT) in Public Enterprises

Abstract

IT governance in public organizations and enterprises has encountered challenges due to internal and external factors. Most of these challenges are related to strategic alignment issues involving governance bodies and their communication with stakeholders. Furthermore, public organizations are now more concerned about receiving the most value from IT services. This requires effective IT governance that enables IT alignment and creates business value from IT investments. The contribution presented in this chapter is to depict the evolution in the IT-business relationship over the last years and highlight the challenges in IT governance. Second, the current IT governance standardization and its consequences in public enterprises will be reviewed. Finally, dFogIT is presented as real case of involving the implementation of the IT governance framework in a public organization.