IT Governance Frameworks at A Glance

Scope (1=narrowest, 5 widdest)	CMMI 1	ITIL 1	COBIT 3	Six Sigma 3	ISO9000 4	BSC 5
Focus on continuous improvement	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No
Deals directly with software development processes	Yes	No	No	Yes	No	No
Deals directly with IT Infrastructure and service management & IT operations quality issues	No	Yes	No	Yes	No	No
An audit-oriented set of IT guidelines, practices and controls	No	No	Yes	No	Yes	Yes
Geared towards reducing operational, business and IT risks	No	No	Yes	No	No	Yes
Focused on service quality from a customer’s or end-user’s view point	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes
Taken from MIS Magazines April 2005