Published: 16 April 2019
ID: G00708142
Analyst(s): CIO Research Team
Leading CIOs apply a combination of four governance approaches — triage, delegate, coordinate and automate — to better enable business teams outside the traditional IT delivery mechanism to make responsible use of data or technology to achieve business outcomes.
Triage
Cases in Point
EA — Tailored Engagement Based on Team Maturities (West Corporation)
Information Risk — Self-Service Risk Assessment (BP)
Delegate
Cases in Point
Applications — Autonomy Through End-to-End Accountability (Standard Bank)
EA — Teach ‘How to Think Like an Architect’ (Red Hat)
Information Risk — Teaching Third-Party Risk Management (Freddie Mac)
Coordinate
Cases in Point
Information Risk — Enterprise-Relevant Risk Assessment Process (McDonald’s)
CIO — Using Design Thinking to Coordinate Corporate Functions (HEINEKEN)
Automate
Cases in Point
EA — Platform-Enabled Citizen Development (BP)
Applications — Automated Code Monitoring (Standard and Poor’s)
Information Risk — Implementing Security Governance Automation (JPMorgan Chase)
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