ISACA mapping guide helps enterprises improve value management and governance

(17/09/2009)

More than 80 percent of organizations worldwide say they measure the value of their investments in IT, yet fewer than 60 percent use a framework or follows guidelines for selecting the investments that will result in the greatest value, according to the global Value of IT Investments survey conducted by ISACA.

To help enterprises integrate best practices to improve their value management and governance, ISACA has released a new mapping guide. Val IT Mapping: Mapping of Val IT 2.0 to MSP, PRINCE2 and ITIL V3 provides overviews of all four best practices, as well as high-level and detailed mappings.

The guide covers the following complementary frameworks and best practices:
• Val IT, a collection of proven management practices and techniques related to IT-enabled investments, which focuses primarily on the full life cycle of the governance of IT-enabled investments (for business and IT executives)
• Managing Successful Programs (MSP), which focuses on managing programs in the life cycle, which corresponds to the Investment Management domain of Val IT (for program sponsors and managers)
• Projects in Controlled Environments (PRINCE2), which focuses mainly on the aspects of managing projects in the life cycle (for project managers and sponsors)
• IT Infrastructure Library (ITIL), which focuses on the governance of the service management life cycle (for operational managers)

“One of Val IT’s strengths is that it integrates value governance, portfolio management and investment management into one framework,” said Peter Harrison, a developer and coauthor of Val IT. “This mapping will help organizations benefit from the breadth of Val IT and the depth of other complementary best practice frameworks.”

The Val IT Mapping guide is available as a free download to ISACA members. Nonmembers can purchase it from the ISACA Bookstore at www.isaca.org/bookstore. Related publications, including The Val IT Framework 2.0, are available as free downloads to all at www.isaca.org/valitpubs.

About ISACA
With more than 86,000 constituents in more than 160 countries, ISACA® (www.isaca.org) is a leading global provider of knowledge, certifications, community, advocacy and education on information systems assurance and security, enterprise governance of IT, and IT-related risk and compliance. Founded in 1969, ISACA sponsors international conferences, publishes the ISACA® Journal, and develops international information systems auditing and control standards. It also administers the globally respected Certified Information Systems Auditor™ (CISA®), Certified Information Security Manager® (CISM®) and Certified in the Governance of Enterprise IT® (CGEIT®) designations.

ISACA developed and continually updates the COBIT®, Val IT™ and Risk IT frameworks, which help IT professionals and enterprise leaders fulfill their IT governance responsibilities and deliver value to the business.

European Media Contact:
Neil Stinchcombe, +44 207 1 832 833, neil@eskenzipr.com

US Media Contacts
Kristen Kessinger, +1.847.660.5512, kkessinger@isaca.org
Deborah Vohasek, +1.847.660.5566, dvohasek@isaca.org
Joanne Duffer, +1.847.660.5564, jduffer@isaca.org

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