No-one is under any illusions as to the level of technical progress made in IT in recent years. Looking in from the outside, software development appears to be not only a lucrative business but also offer a money-spinning, stable career...
It is close to impossible for any firm to reduce risk to zero, so knowing how and why to manage it in advance is crucial. The factors which determine why firms invest valuable time and money in enterprise risk management, be they ailing structures in need of a boost or flourishing firms wishing to plan ahead for the challenges that growth presents? Any firm embarking on the process of implementing enterprise risk management (or "ERM") practices is faced with a choice - the cost of such a procedure may not be welcomed by all but, on the other hand, integrating an internal control framework may reap considerable benefits in the long run...
What defines a high-performance business? Fiscal and monetary policy, capital market characteristics and governance structure all have an impact but so too does the ownership model...
The statistics are damning - over 90% of costs related to Information Technology development are incurred in the post-implementation phase, often due to inappropriate design...
