Domain 01 of six

IT strategy and accountability

Direction is either set deliberately or it is set by whoever is loudest. This domain establishes who decides, who is answerable, and whether priorities follow your objectives rather than a renewal cycle.

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Why it matters

The problem this addresses

Most organisations of your size have never written down who is allowed to approve a technology decision, at what value, or on whose authority. That is not negligence. It is what happens when technology grows faster than the structure around it.

The cost shows up later. Two departments buy overlapping systems. A renewal is signed because nobody realised it needed a decision. Your leadership team is asked to account for a technology position it was never actually presented with.

Scope

What we examine

How technology direction is set today, and by whom
Which decisions need approval, at what threshold, and where that is recorded
Whether accountability for systems and data has a named owner
Whether the technology plan connects to your organisational objectives
Whether progress against that plan is visible to leadership without asking for it

Assessed against: A five-level maturity scale, applied against recognised frameworks selected to suit the domain. Framework alignment is a statement of method, not a certification claim.
COBIT 2019: Governance and management objectives, decision rights, and the separation of governance from management.
ISO/IEC 38500: The international standard for the corporate governance of information technology.

Assessment

Included in the Assessment

Fixed scope, agreed in writing before work begins. Findings your leadership can act on within ten working days of the final interview.

Maturity rating for this domain on the five-level scale
Decision rights recorded in one place, with thresholds
A technology strategy your leadership can approve, written as a single readable document
Governance structure and terms of reference for the group that oversees it
Road map with sequencing, owners and effort estimates

Price: SCR 20,000 to 40,000 for this domain, VAT exclusive. Where it sits in that band depends on the size and scope of your organisation, not on which domain you choose. Fixed and agreed in writing before work begins. All six domains together are quoted on request, priced as six with a discount for taking the whole position at once.
What that price does not include: Building what the assessment recommends. That is a separate engagement, scoped and quoted against what you need, and it is where most of the work usually sits. See below.
Evidence gathered: Structured interviews across executive, finance, technology and one business function, plus document and systems review.
Turnaround: Ten working days from the final interview.

Implementation

Available as an Implementation Engagement

An assessment that ends at a report has done half the job. Most organisations know roughly what is wrong. What they lack is the time and the specialist capacity to fix it while also running the organisation.

In this domain that means

Draft the strategy and take it through to approval
Stand up the oversight group and write its terms of reference
Run the first cycles with you until the routine holds without us

How it is priced: Quoted on request. Fixed scope and fixed fee, agreed in writing before work begins. We do not work on an open-ended basis.
Independence: Assessment and implementation are separately scoped engagements, quoted and agreed in writing before either begins. Keeping them separate is deliberate. It is what allows the assessment to stay independent, and it means you are never presented with findings that happen to recommend more of our own work. Where we have implemented something, any later re-assessment of that work says so plainly.

Where does this sit for you today?

If you are not sure whether this domain is a priority, the Quick Diagnosis takes about two minutes and gives you a position on the page. Nothing is sent anywhere.

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