Business Administration 3300K Study Guide - Quiz Guide: Information Technology Architecture, Corporate Governance Of Information Technology, Feudalism

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S9-im: a matrixed approach to designing it governance weill & ross (2005: introduction, it governance is mystery to decision makers at firms: on average just 3 senior managers know how. Effective governance: aligns it investments with overall business priorities, determines who makes it decisions and assign accountability to for outcomes. It principles: comprise high-level decisions about strategic role of it in business. It architecture: integrated set of technical choices to guide the organisation in satisfying business needs. It infrastructure: consists of centrally coordinated, shared it services that provide foundation for enterprise"s it capability and were typically created before precise usage needs were known. Business application needs: business requirements for purchased or internally developed it applications. Prioritisation and investment decisions: determine how much and where to invest in it. Each decision area can be addresses at corporate, business unit, functional level (or combination: first step governance: determine who in designing.