What it means
It places technology proposals inside the same disciplined decision system used for other enterprise investments while preserving the technical evidence needed to understand dependencies and risk.
Why it matters
Projects can deliver on time and still fail to produce value. Governance keeps attention on outcomes, ownership, total life-cycle cost, risk, and realized benefits.
Practical focus
- Require an accountable business owner and measurable outcomes
- Compare investments using shared value and risk criteria
- Monitor benefits and costs after delivery
- Rebalance or stop investments when evidence changes
Common mistakes
- Funding projects only from technical urgency
- Treating approval as the end of governance
- Measuring delivery without measuring outcomes
- Ignoring maintenance, integration, and retirement costs
Certification relevance
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