Establishing a Governance Committee

Now that you understand what you are, and are not, trying to accomplish, you need to bring together a group to lead the governance effort. This group will be the governance committee. Do not let the word committee get in the way. If your organization's culture views committees as bad things, call it something else. Some common alternatives are steering committee, leadership team, center of excellence and so on. Whatever its name, this group will set the policies and standards that make the system work.

Identify Stakeholders

In Chapter 2, we considered the types of people that should make up the governance team. These include IT, business, and management leaders. Specifically, you need to determine who the system's ...

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