EA governance
EA governance primarily revolves around decisions that are taken that will influence the future design of the IT environment. EA governance sets in place design related Policies, Standards, Guidelines and Procedures that must be complied with. EA governance is concerned with ensuring a design integrity of the business as a whole and will govern decisions that are outside of the domain of IT.
EA governance primarily revolves around decisions that are taken that will influence the future design of the IT environment. EA governance sets in place design related Policies, Standards, Guidelines and Procedures that must be complied with. EA governance is concerned with ensuring a design integrity of the business as a whole and will govern decisions that are outside of the domain of IT.
IT governance
IT governance is more operational and relates to the services delivered by IT operations. IT governance addresses aspects like project management, configuration management, incident and problem management, business continuity planning and disaster recovery planning. IT governance will set up vendor contracting and procurement policies, standards, guidelines and procedures.
In summary
- Both IT and EA governance provides policies, standards, guidelines and procedures to follow.
All of IT is subjected to EA governance but EA governance does not cover all IT activities.
- EA governance covers decision making beyond the scope of IT, IT governance only apply to the IT environment.
- If there is a conflict between EA governance and IT governance then EA governance applies.
Bottom line:
The primary difference for me between IT governance and EA governance:
- IT governance is primarily operational and secondary strategic with the focus on directing how IT services enables business operations.
- EA governance is primarily strategic and focused on directing the evolution of the IT and business environment towards a desired design of a future state that will enable a new competitive competency.
- Both IT and EA governance provides policies, standards, guidelines and procedures to follow.
All of IT is subjected to EA governance but EA governance does not cover all IT activities.
- EA governance covers decision making beyond the scope of IT, IT governance only apply to the IT environment.
- If there is a conflict between EA governance and IT governance then EA governance applies.
Bottom line:
The primary difference for me between IT governance and EA governance:
- IT governance is primarily operational and secondary strategic with the focus on directing how IT services enables business operations.
- EA governance is primarily strategic and focused on directing the evolution of the IT and business environment towards a desired design of a future state that will enable a new competitive competency.
Thank you for this post. I don't think I really ever had a clear understanding of where IT and EA governance differed. This post makes the distinction very clear.
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