Aligning Effective Governance with Business Objectives

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Creating Alignment that Makes a Difference: Aligning Effective Governance with Business Objectives

September 2016

September 2016


1) Solve the problem, don’t just follow a process

2) Business objectives drive, metrics verify, and data is essential

3) Governance needs to be a part of the business strategy

4) You need effective governance now

Key TakeawaysSeptember 2016

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We’re in an AGILE era butTRADITIONAL governance dominates

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Agi

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Governance Challenges

Business Process

Applications

Resources

Infrastructure & Assets

Projects

Business Process

Applications

Resources

Infrastructure & Assets

Projects


Governance and the RecessionBusiness & Technology

Governance


What problem are you trying to solve?

• Define the problem in the context of your

business – make it meaningful

• Have the correct representation – engage only

the right stakeholders

• Decompose the problem into achievable

“chunks” – make it actionable

• Create a plan that ties business and governance

objectives together – make it aligned

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What is your biggest governance challenge?

Unclear Objective(s)

Process Is Too Slow

Incorrect Stakeholders

Not Aligned with Business Needs

Not Actionable

Other


Pay Attention to the Data

• New business and technology creates vast amounts of new data

• It’s very difficult to find meaning in data

“after the fact”

• Business objectives first

• Then metrics

• Then data

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What Bad Data Means to Projects and Programs

60%-80%IT Projects FailDue to poor requirements gathering analysis and management*

Costs companies over

$30 BillionAssociated with poorly defined applications*

* http://blog.allstream.com/use-these-famous-it-failures-to-drive-a-governance-agenda


What Does Effective Governance Look Like?

Communication Alignment


Effective Governance is a Balance

Busi

ness

Agi

lity

Gov

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Business Process

Applications

Resources

Infrastructure, Assets & Process

Projects

Business Process

Applications

Resources

Infrastructure, Assets & Process

Projects

Successful Approach

Commitment

CommunicationClarity

Integration

People

Process

Stra

tegy

Technology


Alignment LevelsOptimized (Complete)

Responsive (measured)

Reactive (managed)

Undisciplined (unpredictable)

Chaos (poorly controlled)

Business Agility

Governance


How would you describe your current governance & business alignment?

Optimized

Responsive

Reactive

Undisciplined

Chaos


What level of alignment do you need?

Optimized

Responsive

Reactive

Undisciplined

Chaos


Case Study - Problem

• User is responsible for navigating multiple, disparate processes, and they don’t care about governance• “Checkbox” governance in place . . ..(no measurement and no common data across silos)• How do you execute on business decisions without visibility across the business?

EAProcesses

Arch Tools

TAM

Supply Chain

AssetManagement

Procurement& Contracts


Case Study - Solution

• Common language (data) enables interoperability between processes and establishes SOR• Federated stewardship enables creation of an integrated, enterprise business view • User is “enabled” to do their job versus being given “process obstacles”

EAProcesses

Arch Tools TAM Supply Chain

AssetManagement

Procurement& Contracts

ProductCatalog


Case Study - Results

Perceived risks did not materialize• Greatly increased speed of requests• Facilitated technology innovation

Business objectives were met• Asset Management can be measured• Asset rationalization is now BAU

Governance & Business Aligned• Technology portfolio management• Still had LOB autonomy


Call to Action: Implement Effective Governance Now

• IoT / IoE “connectedness”• Service / SaaS reconciliation• Containerization• Cloud utilization• New Software & Hardware models• Interfaces• “Thing” attributes• User differentiation

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1) Solve the problem, don’t just follow a process

2) Business objectives drive, metrics verify, and data is essential

3) Governance needs to be a part of the business strategy

4) You need effective governance now

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