Essentials Report

Forrester’s Essentials Of Governance

Design Scalable, Adaptive Governance Systems That Align Strategy, Enable Innovation, And Mitigate Risk

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Sep 25, 2025

Summary

Governance is a strategic enabler — not just a compliance mechanism. This guide helps technology, data, risk, and business leaders rethink governance as a dynamic, systemwide capability. It presents a cohesive framework for building role-aligned, domain-specific governance that scales with business complexity and supports agile execution. Learn how to define governance direction, build frameworks, embed controls, and monitor performance continuously across functions and technologies. This guide also links templates, maturity models, and diagnostics to support end-to-end governance transformation across the enterprise.

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