IT Governance Mechanisms, IT Governance Domains, and Their Influence on IT Governance Effectiveness: Empirical Analysis in Colombia

The pervasive use of IT and its increasing management and governance complexity calls for a better attention about the topic of IT governance. Even though the topic is gaining more attention between practitioners and academics, there is a gap about what mechanisms improve IT governance effectiveness and how they are linked to IT governance domains. This study uses structural equation modelling to evaluate 215 valid surveys that were collected from members of the respective local chapters in Bogotá- Colombia of the following institutions: ISACA and PMI. In addition, members of the Colombian computer science engineers association - ACIS also participate answering our survey instrument. This study uses the variable ITG relevant knowledge to divide the dataset in two groups. The first group was labelled “High ITG relevant knowledge” and the second one “Low ITG relevant knowledge In the first group processes are perceived as the most influential ones on ITG domains. In the second group were processes and relational mechanisms. In the first group, all IT governance domains influence IT governance effectiveness. In the second group, value delivery and resource management were not found as they influence IT governance effectiveness.