4 Starting Points for IT Governance

Conventional wisdom says only one direction will take you to your goal. A lot of companies selling technology products still want you to believe that — witness the mammoth implementations of enterprise software a few years ago. Almost everything seemingly had to be in place for any of it to work — a wrenching, draining experience for many CIOs. But there is a proven path you can follow to the goal of effective IT governance, and you can start from any of four starting points, whichever makes the most sense for your organization — Portfolio Management; Project Visibility and Control; IT Services AutomationApplication Change Management.

Starting at any of these points will quickly demonstrate the value to be realized from running IT like a business with the help of Mercury IT Governance Center. Unlike point tools, Mercury IT Governance Center gives you the ability to govern every major part of IT, from demand to production, through a comprehensive transaction system made up of fully integrated applications that digitize and automate the processes that make IT go.

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