What is a key message of BiSL?

Question

Options

• AAfter outsourcing of IT-activities, professional business information management becomes
• BThe importance of having good business information management increases in proportion to
• CIntegration and alignment of the operational IT-management processes with the policy is a

• A
  2% (1)
• B
  92% (45)
• C
  6% (3)

Explanation

Option B captures BiSL's foundational premise: as organizations become more dependent on information and IT, the need for professional business information management (the demand side of IT governance) grows proportionally. BiSL was designed precisely to give the business - not the IT department - the tools to manage its own information needs, and that management function becomes increasingly critical the more IT-dependent a business becomes.

Why A is wrong: BiSL's relevance is not conditional on outsourcing. It applies whether IT is in-house, outsourced, or hybrid. Linking it exclusively to outsourcing makes it far too narrow.

Why C is wrong: Aligning operational IT-management processes with policy describes supply-side IT governance (closer to ITIL or ASL), not BiSL. BiSL focuses on the demand side - the business managing its own information needs - not on IT operations aligning internally.

Memory tip: Think of BiSL as the business's "steering wheel" for IT. The faster the car goes (more IT dependency), the more important it is to have a good driver in control. The key message scales: more IT dependency → more need for BiSL-style business information management.

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