Enabling Effective IT Governance: Leveraging ISO/IEC 38500:2008 and COBIT to Achieve Business–IT Alignment

Abstract

This research article provides an overview of IT Governance and also discusses how we can leverage ISO/IEC 38500:2008 and COBIT framework to achieve the desired state between business and IT for effective IT Governance.

ACKNOWLEDGMENT

I am thankful to George Spafford, Research Director at Gartner Inc., for his generous advice, suggestions, and extensive guidance in researching and writing this research article. I also acknowledge the valuable feedback I have received from David Coderre, Peter J. Hillier, Ken M. Shaurette, Gary Hinson, Brian Barnier, Norman D. Marks, Mark Toomey, and Dan Swanson.

Notes

1. Board Briefing on IT Governance, 2nd Edition, IT Governance Institute, 2003.

2. Ibid.

3. Val IT Framework 2.0, www.isaca.org/Knowledge- Center/Research/ResearchDeliverables/Pages/Val-IT-Framework-2.0.aspx

4. ITGI Enables ISO/IEC 38500:2008 Adoption, IT Governance Institute, 2009.

5. Ibid.

6. COBIT 4.1, www.isaca.org/COBIT

7. Mark Toomey, The Infonomics Letter, May 2009, www.infonomics.com.au/Web%20Content/Documents/The_Infonomics_Letter_May_2009.pdf

8. www.thorpnet.com/2009/10/back-to-the-basics-the-four-ares/

9. Board Briefing on IT Governance, 2nd Edition, IT Governance Institute, 2003.

10. COBIT 4.1, www.isaca.org/COBIT