At the same time a culture of dependency and sycophancy develops. Overwhelming self-confidence brings out another disturbing trait - the growing reluctance to debate or accept contrary views leading to a 'dependency culture'.
As a result, IT governance organisations spend an inordinate amount of time and resources determining when and where to invest scarce IT pounds to maximise value to the enterprise. This market maturity will yield repeatable, reusable, governance...
An IT governance process provides such an opportunity for the CIO to 'raise the veil' or 'open the kimono' by presenting the investment options clearly in terms of the cost, risk, business benefits and contribution to business goals.
You need good governance and good requirements. You need an open culture. Warren said there is likely to be good growth in demand for IT services over the next couple of years: "There are still a lot of initiatives to reduce the cost of government...
In the past companies have not had the budget to re-engineer their business processes but now with the need to comply with new corporate governance regulations, they are being pressured to do it," he says.
Recent high profile failures have worsened this situation and the introduction of blame culture by the vulnerable will ensure that public IT remains a negative source of progress for quite some time. There goes the budget…