1- __________ refers to the principles, processes, and organizational structures that govern the IT resources.
2- Weill and Ross identified five areas that form foundation of IT governance. Which of the following is an integrated set of choices that guide the organization in satisfying business needs?
3- Which of the following is NOT characteristic of well-developed governance mechanisms?
4- Who is responsible for ensuring that individual and organizational information systems are reliable, secure, efficient, and supportable?
5- Who is responsible for ensuring the organization has a comprehensive, thoughtful, and flexible IT strategy?
6- High IT costs because of insufficient economies of scale, significant levels of redundant activity, and the cost of supporting a high number of heterogeneous systems are problems that arise if too much responsibility is given to which group?
7- Which of Feld and Stoddard's principles for effective IT investments requires that the IT platform be well architected and be defined and developed from the perspective of the overall organization?
8- Which core structure of IT government holds the fundamentalaccountability for the performance of the organization, including the IT function?
9- Which core structure of IT government discusses strategy and makes major decisions regarding operations, budgets, and initiatives?
10- Which core structure of IT government ensures that the IT department and the IT strategy receive needed feedback and that function leaders understand the directions and challenges of the IT agenda?
11- Brown and Sambamurthy identified five mechanisms used by IT groups that improve coordination and working relationships with the rest of the organization. Which of the mechanisms identifies individuals who are responsible for linking a particular organization department of function with the IT department.
12- According to the authors, what is one of the most critical management undertakings that makes strategy real through commitment of resources?
13- Which category of budgeting identifies funds associated with using and maintaining an asset?
14- What is the first step in the budget process?
15- Which of the following is NOT a result of sponsors presenting and defending their own IT requests?
16- All of the following are characteristic of a failed IT initiative except:
17- Which of the following factors that should be managed by leadership during an implementation occurs when the odor from prior failures significantly taints the credibility of newly proposed initiatives and weakens organizational acceptance?
18- All of the following are mistakes that may lead to a failed IT project except:
19- Which of the following is NOT one of the five management behaviors of successful senior leaders identified by Earl and Feeney?
20- According to the text, any IT-enabled advantage results from engaging in the following except:
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