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EdXN - ICT Governance
Modern business depends on information technology for just about everything. If the computers go wrong, business stops - and if new IT projects fail, future plans end up in disarray. How can the people who should be most concerned - the executive and the board of directors - understand and govern the way that their organisation uses IT? How can they ensure the best outcomes with acceptable risk? Most discussion of IT Governance is oriented to IT specialists, to help them do their job better. Until now, there has been little focus on the needs of the non-IT executives and the bouard. But just as ISO 9000 changed the way organisations think about quality, a new International Standard is set to change the way we think about governance and use of IT. ISO/IEC 38500 is based on Australia's world leading standard AS8015, published in 2005, which has been used to help numerous organisations improve performance, reduce risk and better control their use of IT. ISO/IEC 38500 makes a real difference because it focuses on governing how IT is used, rather than on how IT is delivered. The EdXN briefing covers: - The lessons learned from a sweries of contemporary IT catastrophies, including one that took Australia to the brink of economic crisis (these lessons demostrate the clear need for a standard);
- Why "IT Projects" often fail to deliver intended business outcomes;
- Why spending on methodologies and frameworks, such as CoBIT, ITIL and proprietary alternatives, and on so called "Governance Software" delivers only marginal improvement in IT success;
- How Governance of IT needs to deal with demand as well as supply;
- Why Governance of IT is a board-level responsibility;
- How ISO/IEC 38500 guides jorganisations in establishing an effective system of governance;
- How the principles set down in the standard should be used to guide the behaviour of the organisation, and its owners, directores, exectuives and managers, in making decisions about the use of IT.
ACS members have an important role, to provide advice to senior business leaders on the best way that IT can be used and delivered for business benefit. Members and guests who attend the EdXN briefings on ISO/IEC 38500 will take away a new frame of reference and a new language for discussion with those business leaders on how technology decisions are made. They will also understand how ISO/IEC 38500 complements, rather than replaces established frameworks like CoBIT, ITIL, Prince 2 and so on. They will have made the first step toward adopting the standard - merely by being properly aware of what it is about.
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About this Event
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Venue:
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Bahai'i Centre of Learning
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Date:
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Wednesday 22nd April 2009
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Time:
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12:30
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Registration
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Online Registration Closed
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| Additional Information |
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Event Type:
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Education Across the Nation
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PD Hours:
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3
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| Event Prices (Inc GST) |
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Regular Fee:
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$0.00 |
| Non Members: |
$25.00 |
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| Contact Details |
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John Haight
API Centre,
69 Liverpool St,
Hobart, 7000
Ph (03) 6234 8400
Fax (03) 6235 5444
acstas@acslink.net.au
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