An Abstract Framework for IT Governance Domains: Review and Proposal

Various frameworks for IT governance have been proposed by academicians, the business world, and professional associations. However, no common framework has been proposed for any individual components of IT governance in the literature. The paper developed a comprehensive framework for IT governance domains, one of which is the components of the abovementioned framework. In the relevant literature, especially those who propose a framework have been emphasized, and not only the academic world but also the business world have been considered. This study was built on two interacting foundations: review and design. The domain names, each representing an entity, were obtained from a selected literature review on IT governance domains and contexts and used as data or input for the classification and abstraction study. A comparative and analytical classification and abstraction study was conducted on this dataset. As a result of the reasoning and comparison process, four types of domains have been established. The proposed abstract framework was implemented on the reviewed literature. This flexible and comprehensive framework provides a contextual basis for both researchers and practitioners and fills the gap in the framework for IT governance domains. Furthermore, this framework will assist in utilizing the power of IT in achieving enterprise objectives. The proposed component-based