What are two purposes of the IT Strategy Board in any organization? Choose 2 answers.

An IT Strategy Board, often called an IT Steering Committee, is a high-level governance body. Its primary function is to ensure that the organization's IT strategy is aligned with its overall business strategy. This involves two key activities: first, continuously scanning the technological horizon to identify and evaluate emerging technologies and trends (C). Second, based on this analysis and an understanding of business needs, the board recommends strategic actions and investments in technology that will create value, drive innovation, and provide a competitive advantage for the organization (D). The board's focus is strategic and forward-looking, not operational.

A. Reporting IT issues and implementing solutions are operational responsibilities of the IT department and its management, not the function of a high-level strategic board.

B. While the board has financial oversight, recognizing budget overages is a tactical project or financial management control function, not a primary strategic purpose of the board.

E. Overseeing hiring is a function of Human Resources and departmental line management. The board is concerned with strategic capabilities, not the tactical process of hiring individuals.

1. Weill

P.

& Ross

J. W. (2004). IT Governance: How Top Performers Manage IT Decision Rights for Superior Results. Harvard Business School Press. In Chapter 4

"IT Governance Mechanisms

" the authors describe the role of an "IT Strategy Committee" as focusing on connecting business and IT strategy

which includes reviewing technology trends and recommending opportunities.

2. ISACA. (2018). COBIT 2019 Framework: Governance and Management Objectives. The governance process APO02

"Managed Strategy

" includes key practices such as "APO02.02 Understand the enterprise direction" and "APO02.03 Assess the current environment

capabilities

and performance

" which directly support the functions of reviewing developments (C) and recommending actions (D).

3. Luftman

J. N. (2000). Assessing business-IT alignment maturity. Communications of the Association for Information Systems

4(1)

Article 14. This foundational paper on IT-business alignment describes mature organizations as having steering committees that proactively identify technological opportunities (C) and act as a strategic partner to recommend beneficial actions (D). https://doi.org/10.17705/1CAIS.00414