This report argues that digital transformation is a long-term business investment, not a tech fad, and only succeeds with strong governance. Governance over digital transformation is the framework of policies, roles, and controls that align digital initiatives with strategy, manage risk, and ensure compliance. It covers strategic alignment, technology and infrastructure, risk and regulation, performance measurement, stakeholder engagement, and leadership accountability. The paper notes most digital projects fail due to weak IT governance and describes centralized, decentralized, and federated models. With good governance, organizations gain clearer direction, better risk control, higher ROI, greater efficiency, and more resilient, trustworthy digital operations.

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