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IT Governance and Project Management

It is imperative for your organization's culture to integrate governance and compliance activities into daily processes, especially with growing expectations on your IT staff. This built-in capability is what Candela Solutions' Technology practice refers to as your IT Governance framework. Whether your methods are homegrown or industry standard, such as COBIT, CMMi and ITIL, set up your daily information technology policies and practices so that you can achieve compliance with minimal cost.

What truly is required? We use a top-down and risk-based approach to determine which procedures makes sense and which ones are excessive. We help you achieve compliance by focusing on the most critical areas first through a formalized risk assessment process and then addressing the efficiency of control options.

Our services include:

  • Selecting a framework or frameworks
  • Deciding which portions of the framework are applicable and beneficial
  • Aligning IT procedures to meet objectives consistent with the new framework
  • Training staff and management
  • Integrating your outsourced providers into your compliance framework
  • Establishing metrics to measure performance
  • ...and more training!

Candela Solutions can help craft a healthy IT governance environment to realize the full power of IT for pursuing your company's strategy. With us, you will find a partner with an appreciation and understanding of issues like risk-based management, Sarbanes-Oxley, COSO and COBIT frameworks, and growing your own governance-friendly IT controls and processes. Information management pertains to the flow, quality, value, ownership, security, and use of business information. Strong management is critical as missteps can be very costly.

We can supplement your IT Governance needs, provide you with an interim leader, or provide training and advice.

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