Time is a precious resource. Establishing a governance framework as a formal deliverable with policies, procedures, and corresponding processes should be straightforward and deliberate. The purpose of this slideshow is to serve as the first of a four-part open series regarding the establishment of sustainable IT governance procedures and processes for organizational leadership. The objective is to provide the necessary information that can be leveraged to establish and drive overarching sustainable IT governance, bridging the gaps between the business and IT silos.

Fundamentally, a key challenge for organizations in today’s world is to achieve a balance between business as usual and business change (necessary to survive and compete). Projects are the tools for change, but effective controls of scope, schedule, and budget is fundamentally criticial through Earned Value. This paper illustrates the basics of Earned Value Management that can serve as the foundation to project success.

This paper provides the basics of Capacity Management. This is essential for any IT organization that internal or external to an overarching business to be able to know their historic, current, and future storage hardware needs.

This Thomson Reuters paper discusses the fundamentals of risk management, including industry best practices for conducting risk assessments, and how to leverage technology for risk convergance

This paper is on the fundamentals of integrating Project Management, IT Service Management, and Six Sigma methodolgies to ensure the success of your ongoing or next project in support of the organization's strategic goals and objectives. It includes descriptions of each process along with workflow diagrams illustrating where each process can be leveraged to support or drive the other two.