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1. Agree the stage breakdown with the Project Board Controls
2. Agree the format of reports to the Project Board
3. Agree the frequency of Project Board reports
4. Establish the frequency of Stage Plan updates
6. Create a Communication Plan covering required input and output information during the life of the project
6. Check that there are suffcient risk and Business Case monitoring activities in the plans

Top 10 End User Computing risk and why we should very careful with End User Computing (EUC)
1. Weak security
2. Limited backup
3. Inefficient use of resources
4. Inadequate training
5. Inadequate support
6. Incompatible systems
7. Redundant systems

There are ten critical rules that should be considered to be set in stone, and followed at all times:
1. Think insurance.
2. Backup to recover.
3. Trust empirical evidence only, do not make assumptions.
4. Leading edge is OK; however, bleeding edge is not.
5. Document systems.
6. Backup is not archive.
7. Fault tolerance and high availability do not supplant backup.
8. Backup is a corporate activity, not an IT activity.
9. Test, test, test.
10. Backup and recovery systems must evolve with the company.

Source:Enterprise Backup

Alignment – Provide for strategic direction of IT and the alignment of IT and the business with respect to services and projects.

Value Delivery – Confirm that the IT/Business organisation is designed to
drive maximum business value from IT. Oversee the delivery of value by IT to the
business, and assess ROI.

Risk Management – Ascertain that processes are in place to ensure that risks
have been adequately managed. Include assessment of the risk aspects of IT
investments.

Resource Management – Provide high-level direction for sourcing and use of IT resources. Oversee the aggregate funding of IT at enterprise level. Ensure there is an adequate IT capability and infrastructure to support current and expected future business requirements.

1. There is a general lack of accountability and not enough shared ownership and clarity of responsibilities for IT services and projects. The communication between customers (IT users) and providers has to improve and be based on joint accountability for IT initiatives.

2. There is a potentially widening gap between what IT departments think the business requires and what the business thinks the IT department is able to deliver. Organisations need to obtain a better understanding of the value delivered by IT, both internally and from external suppliers. Measures are required in business (the customer ’s) terms to achieve this end.

3. Top management wants to understand “how is my organisation doing with IT in comparison with other peer groups?”

4. Management needs to understand whether the infrastructure underpinning today’s and tomorrow’s IT (technology, people, processes) is capable of supporting expected business needs.