A shared view on the definition of IT governance is lacking and practitioners do not use present IT governance frameworks to support their decision-making. A commonly agreed upon definition of IT governance would be very useful and would serve the development and refinement of IT governance frameworks and assessment methodologies. This article presents an Architecture Theory Diagram, ATD, and a...

Although practitioners have begun to implement Green IT into their companies, the governance of sustainable information systems varies significantly. Only little has been done to explain these differences in Green IT governance. Building upon contingency theory and IT governance, we develop a contingency model for Green IT governance which demonstrates the fit between contingencies and the comp...

Despite all efforts in the last decennium, IT governance continues to be a "top 10" issue for CIO’s. The goal of our research program is to determine which disciplines and frameworks are used for IT governance and which streams in IT governance literature do best align with current practices. This study describes the results of a literature review and Delphi study of IT governance effectiveness...

Building on prior research on how boards should provide stakeholder transparency by disclosing on how their organizations are governing their IT assets, this paper provides an exploratory insight in the contemporary state of IT governance transparency in Belgian and South African companies. Specifically, the influence of the national corporate governance code on IT governance transparency is in...

Although a significant amount of work has be done on the subject of IT governance there still appears to be some disjoint and confusion about what IT governance really is and how it may be realized in practice. This research-in-progress paper draws on existing research related to IT governance to provide a more in-depth understanding of the concept. It describes the current understanding of IT ...

Various companies have implemented IT governance frameworks to improve their management and governance of IT. The benefits and areas of focus of IT governance have been only explored in theory. In this research an international survey of 113 firms using CobiT was conducted to understand the impact on the IT governance focus areas as companies increase their adoption of CobiT. Results indicate t...