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- Business Success Through Project Governance
- This webcast discusses the key role governance and project management play in achieving business value.
- Tags: Governance, Project Management, Tools & Techniques, Strategy, Digital Media, It Operations, It service Management, Management, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology
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- Communications Technology and Urban Governance Reform: Project Highlights
- The NSF Digital Government program promotes important multidisciplinary research that combines social scientific evaluation of governance reform with an analysis of technological impacts. This project has helped identify the manner in which the dynamics of governance reform dictate technological development and the types of technologies that are useful for supporting...
- Tags: University Of Southern California, Governance, NSF Digital Government Program
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- Case Study: El Salvador Post-Conflict Program in Democracy and Governance
- This case study was prepared for the Iraq Local Governance Project and the United States Agency for International Development USAID. This study summarizes progress achieved during RTI's implementation of the Municipal Development and Citizen Participation Project MDCPP in El Salvador following the 1992 Peace Accords that heralded a new era...
- Tags: Governance
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- IT Manager Webcast: Real-World SOA Governance: Augmenting Your Control With Value (Level 200)
- Governance can mean different things to different organizations when it comes to Service-Oriented Architecture SOA. This webcast explores the role of governance and what it can mean to the organization. The presenter of the webcast discusses how governance can be as much a carrot as a stick by providing value...
- Tags: Webcast, Governance, SOA, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Web Services, Middleware, Enterprise Software, Software
- Webcasts 2008-03-28
- Manage the Unmanageable: The Importance of Governance in the Project Life Cycle
- Software development projects are notorious for cost overruns, missed deadlines, and constantly changing scopes. Why is that? Why is it that when one sets out to develop a product - be it an operating system, a device driver, an internal application, or even just a Web page - one can't...
- Tags: Governance, IBM Corp., Software Development Project, Software Development, Development Tools, Software/Web Development
- White papers 2006-05-16
- The Role of SOA Quality Management in SOA Service Lifecycle Management
- Good governance is the foundation for building a successful Service Oriented Architecture SOA. SOA governance is what enables diverse business unit and IT stakeholders to ensure that the SOA they collectively design is truly cross-enterprise. A lack of appropriate governance makes it very difficult to gain the business process agility...
- Tags: Governance, Lifecycle Management, SOA, Service Oriented Architecture Governance, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Web Services, Middleware, Enterprise Software, Software
- White papers 2007-03-15
- Service Management From HP: A Holistic Solution - Service Operations Are Key for Great Management
- This webcast will explain how to leverage efficiencies though task and process automation. The attendee will understand closed-loop requests, changes and configurations. The presenter explains how ITIL v3 shapes a better service operations environment. Governance is the key to better, predictable service outcomes. HP literally helped write the book on...
- Tags: Service Management, Hewlett-Packard Co., Service Operation, Governance, ITIL, Process Improvement, It Services, Quality, Business Operations
- Webcasts 2007-01-01
- ITIL V3 comes to life on May 30: What can it do for you now?
- I just attended a Webinar given by Sharon Taylor, Chief Architect of ITIL V3 and thought I would share some of the highlights of the Webinar with you. Lets start with what ITIL is. ITIL stands for IT Infrastructure Library and is a comprehensive set of documentation of best practices...
- Tags: Itil, It Frameworks, Governance, General
- Blog posts 2007-05-13
- Outsourcing Best Practices - A Primer on Outsourcing Governance
- The cardinal sin of outsourcing governance is one of focusing entirely on the mechanics and the price. By doing that one may miss the true potential of the relationship. So spend the time and effort required to ensure an effective governance process, but don't lose sight of the fact that...
- Tags: Governance, Outsourcing, It Operations, Business Operations, Outsourcing & Subcontracting
- White papers 2006-08-01
- Corporate Data Governance Best Practices: 2006-07 Scorecards for Data Governance in the Global 5000
- Businesses have been "governing" data for 20+ years; however, only a rare few are doing it well today. Historically, many companies assigned the governing of data to a data management group whose job it was to integrate and manage data. Today, more and more companies are recognizing the need for...
- Tags: Governance, Best Practice, IBM Corp., Data Management, Asset Management, Storage, Databases, Operational Planning, Business Operations, Hardware, Enterprise Software, Software
- White papers 2006-04-01
- Governing the business process of software and systems development
- Many companies are investing in governance at the business level, but today's pressures demand that they also apply the principles of governance to software and systems development. When implemented properly, governance enables companies to execute highly flexible and business driven processes in the context of a structured and compliant...
- Tags: Software, Business Process, Systems Development, Governance, Operational Planning, Tools & Techniques, Business Operations, Management
- White papers 2006-03-01
- Governance
- The role of governance has never been more critical. Corporate leaders are required to move from a best-practices approach to a legislated approach, and IT departments today are charged with delivering business value with an eye on managing risk as well as establishing, assessing, and reporting against effective business controls....
- Tags: Hewlett-Packard Co., Governance, Asset Management, Strategy, Security, Operational Planning, Business Operations, Management
- White papers 2006-02-07
- Build consensus and communication through effective governance
- A properly designed governance structure is the framework that supports the ability of an organization to function. See how the proper design and implementation of a governance model can have a direct impact on your company's long-term success. Successful governance isn't about control; it's about having and...
- Tags: Governance, Strategy, Management
- Download resources 2005-09-13
- Connecting the Silos: Using Governance Models to Achieve Data Integration
- In today's challenging "do more with less" environment, it has become incumbent upon government leaders to find innovative, practical, and cost effective ways to meet the growing information sharing needs of their constituents, both internal and external. While technology has been called upon to meet many of these needs, its...
- Tags: Governance, Chief Information Officer, Data Integration
- White papers 2005-06-01
- Conformance, Performance, and Rapport: A Framework for Corporate and IT Governance
- Governance should extend out from the board in three directions: conformance, performance, and rapport CPR. These three dimensions are a necessary part of good governance because governance, properly construed, cannot be just about mitigating risks, about avoiding the pain of lack of compliance with regulatory authorities conformance. The CPR framework...
- Tags: IT Governance, Performance, Governance, Information Technology, Balanced Scorecard, ITIL, Process Improvement, It Services, Performance Management, Marketing, Marketing Research, Quality, Business Operations, Human Resources, Workforce Management
- White papers 2005-02-01
- Learn how IT governance can benefit your organization
- Ramon Padilla explains the idea behind IT governance and gives you some pointers about implementing a governance process in your organization. You can hardly browse a technology publication these days without reading at least one article on "business and IT alignment". Clearly, someone has figured out that...
- Tags: Strategy, Ramon Padilla Jr., benefit, information technology, IT governance, Government IT Newsletter, Governance, Organization, Ramon Padilla, Management
- Technical articles 2005-07-25
- Governance or guidance?
- While governance is a requirement for accounting information and business process, it may or may not be appropriate for every IT project. The necessarily constrictive nature of a governance model may prove too inflexible for your users – or your organization. Most organizations these days are talking about...
- Tags: Robert L. Bogue, SMB Strategies Newsletter, TechRepublic Inc., Life, Guidance, Governance, Workforce Management, Operational Accounting, Financial Services, Strategy, Human Resources, Finance, Management
- Technical articles 2005-05-23
- Develop a culture of IT governance within your organization
- IT governance, properly construed, is a discipline within corporate governance.This sample chapter, taken from CIO Wisdom II: More Best Practices, recounts the evolution of the concept of corporate governance, outlines a three-part CPR framework for board-directed governance, and provides guidance on how to implement the CPR framework for IT governance.Title:...
- Tags: board, CIO, corporate governance, discipline, governance, information technology, IT Governance, Prentice Hall Inc.
- Download resources 2006-04-28
- DOWNLOAD: Build consensus and communication through effective governance
- http://techrepublic.com.com/5138-10878-5862979.htmlAfter you take a look at this download, please post your feedback, ideas for improvements, or further thoughts on this topic.Thanks,--The TechRepublic Downloads TeamExecutive commitmentI rather like Danny’s paper particularly the theme of the “politics” of IT Governance and the need for consensus building. Which leads one to...
- Tags: information technology, IT governance
- Discussion threads 2005-09-13
- Enabling business governance and governance transparency
- By: Dave Pultorak in conjunction with the Enterprise ComputingInstituteAfter years of stable development, corporate governance isreceiving significant attention. Historically, there was a strong emphasis onfinance, so much so that governance was virtually synonymous with themeasuring, monitoring, and reporting of the financial condition of the enterprise.But that has changed. About a...
- Tags: Balanced Scorecard, Conformance, corporate governance, governance, Norton Co., village
- Technical articles 2005-09-14
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