This pocket guide provides you with an insider’s detailed description of Accenture’s IT governance policy and details its governance structure. It will show how effective IT governance links IT strategy and IT decisions to Accenture’s business strategy and business priorities.

• PREFACE
• ABOUT THE AUTHOR
• CONTENTS
• INTRODUCTION
  • IT governance contributes to high performance
  • Encouraging innovation
  • Reinventing IT
  • Best practices in IT governance
• CHAPTER 1: SETTING AN IT GOVERNANCE POLICY
  • Starting with IT strategy
  • Governing principles
  • Accountability is key
• CHAPTER 2: BUILDING AN IT GOVERNANCE STRUCTURE
  • Accenture Capital Committee
  • IT Steering Committee (ITSC)
  • IT organization
  • Business sponsors
  • Stakeholders
  • Top management sets the tone
• CHAPTER 3: LEVERAGING THE STRUCTURE
  • Global vs. local
  • Integrating with planning and budgeting
  • Establishing and measuring target benefits
  • The case for visual conferencing
• CHAPTER 4: CASCADING IT GOVERNANCE
  • IT investment governance
  • IT product and service governance
  • Supporting managed services
  • IT standards and architecture
• CHAPTER 5: ADAPTING ACCENTURE’S IT GOVERNANCE TO OTHER ORGANIZATIONS
  • 1Construct IT governance to parallel corporate governance
  • 2Align IT with business priorities
  • 3Involve top management
  • 4Make business leaders responsible for their IT projects
  • 5Involve all key constituencies
  • 6Get started
  • Optimizing IT with smart governance
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