Abstract:
The purpose of this paper is to measure the IT alignment status
and IT governance position among three selected companies in Sri Lanka.
Identifying an organization’s alignment status provides an excellent vehicle
for understanding and improving the business-IT relationship. IT governance
is the responsibility of executives and the board of directors, and consists of
the leadership, organizational structures and processes that ensure that the
enterprise’s IT sustains and extends the organization's strategies and
objectives. This paper provides a comprehensive mechanism for
organizations to evaluate business-IT alignment in terms of where they are
and what they can do to improve alignment. A survey research method was
applied to gather data. Questionnaire consists 39 questions to measure
business-IT alignment and 59 questions to measure IT governance status.
The selected companies' alignment measured in different domains by
focusing every aspect of the IT. It shows that the organization with a better
set of IT governance is likely to score better in terms of business-IT
alignment and vice versa. This research shows Hirdaramani group score
highest business-IT alignment and possess highest IT governance position.
The company EAM Maliban textile scores low business-IT alignment and
has low IT governance. Finally Daya group score average Business-IT
alignment and IT governance
