Governance framework and interactions

Introduction

 

Treat governance as an enabler not a disabler. The controls and constraints that are placed on the organisation by governance are there to serve the wider audience. Learn to be creative within the constraints. Europeans have always had to live with the constraints of small roads, whilst in America and Canada, the vast space has allowed them to have very wide roads. Given the European model, they have developed smaller and more fuel economy vehicles, unlike the North Americans with their large gas guzzling vehicles. But notice the trend in North America in the past 15+ years, the move towards smaller more economical vehicles!!!

Governance is an ongoing activity that is established in the preliminary phases and then continually executed throughout your architecture life cycle.

 

We have developed a Base change life cycle model that we use for the development of governance life cycles.  Phase H is an integral part of the enterprise governance model.  During the Preliminary Phase the governance model be developed.  As well as developing the governance framework, you need to establish the relationship between the governance framework and any other frameworks that the organisation employs.

Here is an example model of the integration of the governance framework with a number of other frameworks within an organisation

The change life cycle at work