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Improving the Quality of the COBIT 5 Goals Cascade as an IT Process Prioritisation Mechanism

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  • Dirk Steuperaert

    (University of Antwerpen, Antwerp & Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium)

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COBIT 5 is a commonly used IT Governance Framework. Its first principle is that all IT related activities should support generating value for the enterprise. This principle is put in practice through the COBIT 5 Goals Cascade. In this paper the author has researched this principle's main claimed benefit, i.e. that it allows to prioritise IT related processes based on overall enterprise priorities. The quality of the goals cascade was researched by looking at the accuracy of the published mapping tables, the dependencies between goals in the same goal set and the sensitivity of the Goals Cascade towards input variations. The author concludes that the current Goals Cascade isn't very useable as a prioritisation mechanism for IT processes. The author finally proposes an improvement to the current Goals Cascade, consisting of an additional, limited set of ‘Enterprise Strategies' that map directly to IT related processes. A prototype solution has been tested, showing promising improvements.

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  • Dirk Steuperaert, 2016. "Improving the Quality of the COBIT 5 Goals Cascade as an IT Process Prioritisation Mechanism," International Journal of IT/Business Alignment and Governance (IJITBAG), IGI Global, vol. 7(2), pages 49-69, July.
    • Handle: RePEc:igg:jitbag:v:7:y:2016:i:2:p:49-69
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