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Summary
 

IT Standard Setting

Summary
Chapter 1. IT Dilemma
Chapter 2. Success & Failures
Chapter 3. IT Costs
Chapter 4. IT Operations
Chapter 5. IT Director
Chapter 6. IT Standard Settings
Chapter 7. Application Management
Chapter 8. Vendor Selection
Additional Topics
* Computer Center Design
* Computer Center Planning
* Legal Issues
* Performance Evaluation
* Steering Committee
 
According to the basic concepts , IT standard and direction is generally a way to create , document and set the IT common standards for all elements of technology platform. This can include all the various IT platform such as hardwares,softwares,networks , securities etc. The decisions made around standards have tremendous impact on the capabilities and productivity of the department.Standards should be set for any piece of technology deployed in the organization, particularly those for which the IT department is responsible. Technology standards decision are often made based on grouping the dependent and interrelated technologies.
 
The approach to enforcement should be built on these key principles:
• Clear documentation of the standards distributed to business and IT
• Clear documentation of the rationale/reasoning behind each standard.
• Purchase approval and procurement processes that support the standards
• Support of the business senior management for the standards.
• Reinforcement of the standards by periodic recommendation
• Ensuring that standards stay relevant and respond to changes in the business
• A common sense approach to make exceptions to be standards.