平成28年度 秋期 ITパスポート試験 問51

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• ○ア

  正解 IT governance refers to the “organizational capability” by which an enterprise, for the purpose of building competitive advantage, controls the formulation and execution of its IT strategy as an organization and steers it in the desired direction. It is a control mechanism led by management that keeps IT investment and IT use aligned with business goals, and the statement in choice ア is exactly this definition. Therefore the correct answer is ア.

• ×Incorrectイ

  “Implementing and managing high-quality IT services that meet business needs” describes IT service management (systematized by frameworks such as ITIL), referring to the day-to-day operation and delivery of IT services. It is a different concept from governance, which steers IT toward the direction of business management.

• ×Incorrectウ

  “An activity in which a third party, separate from the parties involved and the managers, verifies the establishment and operation of risk controls” describes a system audit. It is the act of independently inspecting and evaluating whether governance is functioning, not governance itself.

• ×Incorrectエ

  “Applying the necessary knowledge, skills, tools, and techniques to project activities” describes project management (as defined by PMBOK). It is a management method for leading individual projects to success, and its scope differs from governance, which controls the IT of the entire enterprise.