Conversations from the Mirror42 Team

February, 2006

Information technology & corporate governance

by Erik Hoffmann on Feb 24th, 2006

In many organisations, the board has taken a hands-off approach to IT, allowing the IT department or even third parties to whom IT is outsourced to take decisions and suggest projects that might benefit the business. Such misalignment can have financial consequences and lead to events which are damaging to the reputation of an organisation.

Article explaining the role of corporate governance over technology.

The role of IT in BPR

by Erik Hoffmann on Feb 3rd, 2006

The broader the scope of business process change, the greater the choice of roles for IT. The four types of business process change translate into four possible roles for IT. Each builds on the previous one.

In deciding what role to fulfil, IT must make sure it has both the skills, credibility and governance structures to make a success of it.

Read more in this article on the role of IT in Business Process Re-engineering (BPR).