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As discussed in Serge’s post there is a standard being ratified for IT Governance, ISO 38500 which will cover Corporate Governance of information technology. This standard was originally defined as an Australian standard AS8015.

AS8015 provides six guiding principles for good corporate governance and the effective, efficient and acceptable use of ICT. The six principles are:

1. Establish clearly understood responsibilities for ICT (eg, ensure individuals understand and accept their responsibilities)
2. Plan ICT to best support the organisation (eg, ensure ICT plans fit current and future needs and the organisation’s corporate plans)
3. Acquire ICT validly (eg, ICT acquisitions should be made for approved reasons and in the approved way; on the basis of ongoing analysis)
4. Ensure ICT performs well, whenever required (eg, ensure ICT is fit for its purpose and is responsive to changing requirements)
5. Ensure ICT conforms with formal rules (eg, ensure compliance with external regulations and internal policies and practices)
6. Ensure ICT use respects human factors (eg, ensure ICT meets the evolving needs of the ‘people in the process’)

This is a great step forward towards effective governance of ICT within a corporate governance framework.

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The  United States Government Accountability Office defines enterprise architecture as follows:

An enterprise architecture is a blueprint that describes the current and desired state of an organization or functional area in both logical and technical terms, as well as a plan for transitioning between the two states. Enterprise architectures are a recognized tenet of organizational transformation and IT management in public and private organizations. Without an enterprise architecture, it is unlikely that an organization will be able to transform business processes and modernize supporting systems to minimize overlap and maximize interoperability.

United States Government Accountability Office, "Enterprise Architecture: Leadership Remains Key to Establishing and Leveraging Architectures for Organizational Transformation," August 2006. An abstract of the work (with links to the full version) can be viewed and downloaded here.

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