Governance

(Noun) The system by which organizations are directed and controlled.

Original Source: Committee on the Financial Aspects of Corporate Governance, “Report of the Committee on the Financial Aspects of Corporate Governance (aka Cadbury Report)”, 1992, published by Gee and Co, Ltd.

Reference: Section 6.4.1.1.1, “What is Governance?” in the Digital Practitioner Body of Knowledge™ Standard (also known as the DPBoK™ Standard), a standard of The Open Group (C196), January 2020, published by The Open Group
(Noun) A system that directs and controls the current and future state.

Original Source: ISO/IEC 38500:2015: Information Technology – Governance of IT for the Organization

Reference: TOGAF^® Series Guide: A Practitioners’ Approach to Developing Enterprise Architecture Following the TOGAF^® ADM (G186), April 2022, published by The Open Group