Day 6 – Cost of IT (II) – in-class discussion questions

• Who controls the IT budget at IVK?
• On what basis do the business units at IVK pay for IT?
• Who at IVK knows how the internal IT prices are calculated?
• Why had Mr. Davies, the former CIO, had to set up “slush funds”?
• The slush funds are technically…. what?
• Why is Mr. John Cho requesting an immediate funding on IT security?
• Why has the request for IT security funding kept being denied?
• Suppose that business unit heads completely understand the urgent need for IT security fund and the risks and consequences from IT security failures? Will they still pay for IT security willingly?
• What’s the consideration and decision of Mr. Barton in terms of IT budget funding and controls?
• What does Maggie, Mr. Barton’s girlfriend/consultant, mean by “one neck in the noose”?

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