IT Governance Business Case

9 December, 2009

Do you need a business case to show the value of IT governance? ISACA provides several business cases for IT governance on their website. One such report, “Transforming Information Technology at the Department of Veterans Affairs”, describes the VA department’s efforts to realign, centralize and secure information technology, including IT budgeting, planning and development across 1000 medical centers, clinics and veteran’s center.

“The heart of the overhaul was the creation of a gov¬ernance plan and the adoption of a full set of best IT practices that the VA hopes will ultimately result in a secure, integrated, reliable and responsive IT sys¬tem aimed at efficiently delivering high quality health care services…”