Definitions and background of IT governance
Definitions
There are narrower and broader definitions of IT governance. Weill and Ross focus on “Specifying the decision rights and accountability framework to encourage desirable behaviour in the use of IT.”[1]
In contrast, the IT Governance Institute expands the definition to include foundational mechanisms: “… the leadership and organisational structures and processes that [...]
Computing
Computing is usually defined as the activity of using and developing computer technology, computer hardware and software. It is the computer-specific part of information technology. Computer science (or computing science) is the study and the science of the theoretical foundations of information and computation and their implementation and application in computer [...]
