Governance (glossary)

(1) system by which organizations [or systems] are directed and controlled. (ISO/IEC 38500:2008, 1.6.2)

(2) Organizational chains of responsibility, authority, and communication for executing measurement and control mechanisms to effectively drive the organization and enable people to perform roles their respective roles and responsibilities. (Cantor, 2006)

Source

Cantor, M. 2006. "Estimation Variance and Governance." In IBM developerWorks. Accessed on 15 September 2011. Available at http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/rational/library/mar06/cantor/.

ISO/IEC. 2008. Corporate governance of information technology. ISO/IEC 38500:2008. Accessed on 11 September 2012. Available at http://www.iso.org/iso/catalogue_detail?csnumber=51639.

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