Information Technology Governance: Moving with Business Best Practice

Malcolm Fraser, Southern Cross University

Abstract

IT Governance is a subset discipline of Corporate

Governance focused on information technology (IT)

systems and their performance and risk management.

It is the acknowledgment that IT projects can easily

get out of control and profoundly affect the

performance of an organization.

The Club ‘Business’ is simple, IT systems can be

complex,

Managing complex IT…Simply

1. Business as usual – don’t fiddle with it

2. Business not as usual – Managing change

3. And, reduce complexity