IT GOVERNANCE AND BUSINESS CORPORATE STRATEGY – BASED ON EMBEDDING THE PROGRAM AND PROJECT MANAGEMENT WITH THE IT&C VALUE CHAIN

Abstract

This paper presents the key concepts related to the current process of IT Governance in modern corporations. The first part addresses the definitions of IT Governance and its life-cycle model, the covered strategic areas and the effective governance management ways, the IT value management for ensuring value delivery, and the IT value chain based on projects and programs together with the organizational value of the IT&C programs and projects. The second part deals with the IT value chain based on operations, the strategic-factors of success and the services delivery chain, the value chain management and the contribution measurement to the organizational business, with a final presentation of practical applicability of the mobile value chain to the 3G mobile communication services. Recent IT&C and corporate strategic management field references bring an additional support to the paper value.IT Governance