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Progress Report for the Task Force on IT Governance. 17th Meeting of the INTOSAI Working Group On IT Audit Richard Brisebois & Marie-Claude La Salle Tokyo, May 21, 2008. Agenda. Background What’s New in IT Governance Projects Status Next Steps. Background.
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Progress Report forthe Task Force on IT Governance 17th Meeting of the INTOSAI Working Group On IT Audit Richard Brisebois & Marie-Claude La Salle Tokyo, May 21, 2008 Office of the Auditor General of Canada
Agenda • Background • What’s New in IT Governance • Projects Status • Next Steps Office of the Auditor General of Canada
Background • The IT Governance project was initiated by INTOSAI Working Group On IT Auditat its 15th meeting in May 2006 in Brazil • The main objective of the project was to discuss the importance of IT Governance, identify risks and challenges being faced and propose new guidance and share best practices in this area Office of the Auditor General of Canada
Current Members of the Task Force Project Coordinator: • Richard Brisebois & Marie-Claude La Salle, Canada Active Members: • Mr. Jamtsho, Bhutan • Claudia Dias & André Pacheko, Brazil • Nagarajan Nagarajan & Ashutosh Sharma, India • Dainius Jakimavicius & Irmantas Aleliunas, Lithuania • Thomas Wijsman, Netherlands • Thor Kristian Svendsen & Erna Jørgensen Lea, Norway • Shaima Al Hinai, Oman • Alla Petrenko, Russian Federation • Steve Doughty, United Kingdom • Madhav Panwar, USA Commentary Project Participants: • Sr. Ryoichi Doi, Japan • Bjørn Undall, Sweden Office of the Auditor General of Canada
What is IT Governance? “IT governance is the responsibility of the board of directors and executive management. It is an integral part of enterprise governance and consists of the leadership and organisational structures and processes that ensure that the organisation’s IT sustains and extends the organisation’s strategies and objectives.” IT Governance Institute Office of the Auditor General of Canada
Why is IT Governance needed? IT has become a major enabler to almost all business transformation initiatives. How IT is being used will have a very important impact on whether the organization achieve its vision, mission or strategic goals. Office of the Auditor General of Canada
Why IT Governance is important? • Value – IT is typically an expensive asset • Risk - Organizations have become reliant on IT • Alignment - Overall strategy is very much dependent upon the IT strategy Office of the Auditor General of Canada
Agenda • Background • What’s New in IT Governance • Projects Status • Next Steps Office of the Auditor General of Canada
IT Governance Global Status Report The purpose of the research was to determine the sense of priority and actions taken relative to IT governance as well as their tools and services to help ensure effective IT governance. Office of the Auditor General of Canada
Recent and New Development Office of the Auditor General of Canada
Agenda • Background • What’s New in IT Governance • Projects Status • Next Steps Office of the Auditor General of Canada
Sub-Projects 1. Integrate and present the material collected from various SAIs at the 5th Performance Auditing Seminar of INTOSAI Standing Committee on IT Audit being held in March 2007 in Muscat, Oman. • Project leader: SAI USA • Assist: Brazil, U.K. • Due date: 2008 • Status: Completed Office of the Auditor General of Canada
Material collected from various SAIs at the 5th Performance Auditing Seminar • All material is available in the INTOSAI IT Governance database http://www.nao.org.uk/INTOSAIITGOV/webforms/SAI.aspx • Copies of the CD including the proceedings is also available Office of the Auditor General of Canada
2. Collection of reference material on IT Governance: • Project leader: SAI Netherlands • Assist: Lithuania, Japan, India • Due date: 2008 • Status: Partially completed Office of the Auditor General of Canada
Reference material on IT Governance • Designing Effective IT Governance, Gartner Symposium ITXPO, Italy. • Alignment of the IS Functions with the Enterprise: Toward a model of Antecedents. • Experiences in Strategic Information Systems Planning. • Earl, M.J. and D.F. Feeny (1994), Is Your CIO Adding Value? Sloan Management Review. • Understanding the CEO/CIO Relationship, MIS Quarterly. • Strategies for Information Technology Governance. Idea Group Publishing. • Strategic Alignment:Leveraging Information Technology for Transforming Organizations • IT Governance Institute (2006), Val IT Framework • IT Governance Institute (2005). CobiT Version 4.0, Rolling Meadows • IT Governance Institute (2003), Board Briefing on IT Governance • Arrangements for Information Technology Governance: A theory of multiple contingencies. • How Top Performers Manage IT Decision Rights for Superior Results, Harvard Business School Press. • Don’t Just Lead, Govern: Implementing Effective IT Governance, MIT Center for Information Systems Research. Office of the Auditor General of Canada
3. Collection of various SAI’s work on IT Governance: • Project leader: Norway • Assist: Russia, Bhutan, UK & USA • Due date: 2008 • Status: Completed Office of the Auditor General of Canada
IT Governance Report on Subproject 5 Collection of various Supreme Audit Institutions (SAI) work on IT Governance ----------------------- Setting up a database and results from a survey to all INTOSAI members May 2008 Office of the Auditor General of Canada
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4. Produce Interim Progress Reports for Task Force: • Project leader: SAI Canada • Due date: 2008 IT Standing Committee meeting • Status: Completed Office of the Auditor General of Canada
Agenda • Background • What’s New in IT Governance • Projects Status • Next Steps Office of the Auditor General of Canada
Next steps • Collection of reference material on IT Governance • Project leader: SAI Netherlands • Assist: Lithuania, Japan, India • Due date: 2009 • Continue the collection of various SAI’s work on IT Governance: • Project leader: All • Due date: 2009 • Develop training material on IT Governance(2010) • Adapt Private Sector IT Governance material for Public Sector use (2010) • Produce Final Report of the Task Force(2011) Office of the Auditor General of Canada
QUESTIONS?THANK YOU! Richard Brisebois & Marie-Claude La Salle Office of the Auditor General of Canada