ITPEC IP October 2025 Question 64

Management: (i), (ii); head of the information system department: (iii), (iv) — management sets the direction of IT for the whole company, and the department head runs the work within it.

IT governance, directing IT use in line with business strategy, is management's responsibility, so decisions binding the whole company are theirs:

• •(i) Defining the IT governance policy — the direction of IT use
• •(ii) Formulating principles for decisions on investment in computerization — criteria for every IT investment

The head of the information system department executes within that framework:

• •(iii) Deciding the roles and the rights within the department — organizing the department
• •(iv) Progress management of system development against the project plan — day-to-day control

Answer (a)

Why not others:

• •(b) — gives the company-wide investment principles (ii) to the department head and the department's internal roles (iii) to management
• •(c) — gives the IT governance policy (i) itself to the department head, and the department's internal roles (iii) to management
• •(d) — gives the governance policy (i) to the department head and operational progress control (iv) to management

Key rule: Management evaluates, directs and monitors IT for the whole organization (policy, investment principles); the IT department plans, builds and runs within that direction (its own organization, project control).

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