Symptoms: Policy is the backbone of logically thought-out, effective IT investment. Often, IT spending, staffing, and support decisions are made based on personal or temporal pressure, rather than in accordance with specific policies, enforced by a governing board.

Fixes: In the age of significant security and compliance threats, IT decisions must be made in a more structured manner. Implementation of IT policy, and a board capable of governing the IT resource, is not just good business practice, it may be necessary to avoid serious legal and fiduciary problems. Developing a policy that is neither bureaucratic nor inflexible, that meets the competitive needs of the company, and is supportable and enforceable, is a clear need in many organizations today.

Most Commonly Experienced by: All Executive Staff, Boards, and External Advisers

Relevant Services: Strategy, Policy, Technology, Process, Management: Interim CIO / vCIO