The Relationship between IT Governance and Business/IT Alignment

IT governance is one of these concepts that suddenly emerged and became an important issue in the information technology area. Many organisations started with the implementation of IT governance in order to achieve a better alignment between business and IT. This research document carries interpretations regarding important existing theories, models and practices in the IT governance domain and presents research questions derived from it. Next, multiple research strategies are triangulated in order to explore how organisations are implementing IT governance and to analyse the relationship between these implementations and business/IT alignment. Major finding is that business/IT alignment maturity is higher when organisations are applying a mix of mature IT governance practices.

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Steven De Haes, PhD, is professor Information Systems Management at the University of Antwerp Management School and the University of Antwerp (Belgium). He has teaching and research assignments on IT governance, strategic alignment, value creation, etc. and acts as advisor to firms in these domains. (email: steven.dehaes@ua.ac.be)