Define: "Governance" in Business
Catastrophic fiscal burn
"Keep a secret, undocumented VLAN for your own testing purposes so you can bypass the committee when you actually need to do your job."
The overarching framework of rules, practices, and processes by which an organization is directed and controlled.
What does "Governance" actually mean?
"Bureaucratic red tape designed by people who have never touched a CLI, ensuring a five-minute subnet allocation requires three weeks of approvals."
"All proposed architectural changes must comply with our internal corporate governance policies."
"Thanks to our strict IT governance, fixing the BGP route leak required a signature from a Director who was on a golf course."
By The Chief Waste Officer
18 years in the corporate trenches quantifying waste so you don't have to.
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