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1. 1) Recognize the need to act 2) Assess current state 3) Define target state 4) Build improvements 5) Implement improvements 6) Operate and measure 7) Monitor and evaluate






2. Evaluate Direct and Monitor (EDM)






3. 1) What are the drivers? 2) Where are we now? 3) Where do we want to be? 4) What needs to be done? 5) How do we get there? 6) Did we get there? 7) How do we keep the momentum going? Implementation Life Cycle Rings (3) Inner: Continuous improvement






4. Internal stakeholders - External stakeholders






5. Are stakeholder needs addressed? - Are enabler goals achieved? - Is the enabler life cycle managed? - Are good practices applied?






6. Manage the IT management framework - Manage strategy - Manage enterprise architecture - Manage innovation -Manage portfolio - Manage budget and cost - Manage human resources - Manage relationships - Manage service agreements - Manage suppliers - Mana






7. 9. IT agility 10. Security of information processing infrastructure and applications 11. Optimization of IT assets resources and capabilities 12. Enablement and support of business processes by integrating applications and technology into busines






8. 1) Initiate program 2) Define the problems and opportunities 3) Where do we want to be? 4) Plan program 5) Execute plan 6) Realize benefits 7) Review effectiveness






9. 16. Skilled and motivated people 17. Product and business innovation culture






10. valuate Direct and Monitor (EDM) - Management Domains Align Plan and Organize (APO) - Build Acquire and Implement (BAI) - Deliver Service and Support (DSS) - Monitor Evaluate and Assess (MEA)






11. 1. Meeting stakeholder needs 2. Covering the enterprise end-to-end 3. Applying a single integrated framework 4. Enabling a holistic process 5. Separating governance from management






12. 1) Establish the desire to change 2) Form implementation team 3) Communicate outcome 4) Identify role players 5) Operate and Use 6) Enable new approaches 7) Sustain






13. Ensure benefits delivery - Ensure risk optimization - Ensure resource optimization - Ensure stakeholder transparency






14. Governance Objective: Value Creation - Governance Enablers - Governance Scope - Roles Activities and Relationships






15. 6. Customer-oriented service culture 7. Business service continuity and availability 8. Agile responses to changing business environment 9. Information-based strategic decision making 10. Optimization of service delivery costs






16. Principles - Policies and Frameworks - Processes - Organizational Structures - Culture Ethics and Behavior - Information - Services Infrastructure and Applications - People Skills and Competencies






17. 11. Optimization of business process functionality 12. Optimization of business process costs 13. Managed business change programs 14. Operational and staff productivity 15. Compliance with internal policies






18. 16. Competent and motivated business and IT personnel 17. Knowledge expertise and initiatives for business innovation






19. Step 1. Stakeholder drivers influence stakeholder needs Step 2. Stakeholder needs cascade to enterprise goals Step 3. Enterprise goals cascade to IT-related goals Step 4. IT-related goals cascade to enabler goals






20. Manage operations - Manage service requests and incidents - Manage problems - Manage continuity - Manage security services - Manage business process controls






21. Dimensions Financial - Customer - Internal - Learning and growth






22. 1. Stakeholder value of business investments 2. Portfolio of competitive products and services 3. Managed business risk (safeguarding of assets) 4. Compliance with external laws and regulations 5. Financial transparency






23. 1. Alignment of IT and business strategy 2. IT compliance and support for business compliance with external laws and regulations 3. Commitment of executive management for making IT-related decisions 4. Managed IT-related business risk 5. Realized ben






24. Stakeholders - Goals - Life Cycle - Good Practices






25. Plan - Design - Build/acquire/create/implement - Use/operate - Evaluate/monitor - Update/dispose






26. Plans builds runs and monitors activities in alignment with the direction set by the governance body to achieve the enterprise objectives.






27. Realizing benefits at an optimal resource cost while optimizing risk.






28. Intrinsic quality - Contextual quality - Accessibility and security






29. Manage programs and projects - Manage requirements definition - Manage solution identification and build - Manage capacity and availability - Manage organizational change enablement - Manage changes - Manage change acceptance and transitioning - Man






30. Ensures that stakeholder needs conditions and options are evaluated to determine balanced agreed-on enterprise objectives to be achieved; setting direction through prioritisation and decision making; and monitoring performance and compliance agains






31. 7. Delivery of IT services in line with business requirements 8. Adequate use of applications information and technology solutions






32. Monitor evaluate and assess performance and conformance - Monitor evaluate and assess the system of internal control - Monitor evaluate and assess compliance with external requirements