IT Portfolio Management Step-by-Step: Unlocking the Business Value of Technology

3.10. APPENDIX 3C Top Issues Mapped to Key Individuals and Governance Bodies

1. Board of directors

   	Strategic Alignment	Value Delivery	IT Resource Management	Risk Management	Performance Management
   Board of Directors	Ensure management has put in place an effective strategic planning process Ratify the aligned business and IT strategy Ensure the IT organizational structure complements the business model and direction	Ascertain that management has put processes and practices in place that ensure IT delivers provable value to the business Ensure IT investments represent a balance of risk and benefit and that budgets are acceptable	Monitor how management determines what IT resources are needed to achieve strategic goals Ensure a proper balance of IT investments for sustaining and growing the enterprise	Be aware about IT risk exposures and their containment Evaluate the effectiveness of management's monitoring of IT risks	Assess senior management's performance on IT strategies in operation Work with the executive to define and monitor high-level IT performance
   IT Strategy Committee	Provide strategy direction and the alignment of IT and the business Issue high-level policy guidance (e.g., risk, funding, sourcing, partnering) Verify strategy compliance, (i.e., achievement of strategic IT objectives)	Confirm that the IT/business architecture is designed to drive maximum business value from IT Oversee the delivery of value by IT to the enterprise Take into account return and competitive aspects of IT ...