Summary
In a sense, governance is the human side of a business network. It is about how people come together and structure the decision-making process to ensure that all relevant parties are either consulted on or responsible for a decision. Governance needs to cover a broad spectrum of topics.
Technologists might be less enthused about the topic than others, but having a basic view of what it entails is useful to understand our working environments.
To sum things up, in this chapter, we explored how business models can have a profound impact on governance. Using these models, we looked at how to derive structures that meet business needs by addressing critical business processes. You have seen how organizations need to consider the approach of a centralized versus decentralized governance model. Finally, you learned that governance is required to support IT solutions; however, in turn, IT solutions also need to support governance processes.
A final point to...