The document discusses balanced scorecards and how they can be used with IT. It provides the following key points: 1. A balanced scorecard is a strategic planning and management system used to align business activities to the vision and strategy of the organization, improve internal and external communications, and monitor organization performance against strategic goals. 2. It measures an organization's performance across four perspectives: financial, customer, internal business processes, and learning and growth. 3. An example is provided of how Taco Bell uses the four perspectives in its balanced scorecard. 4. IT governance is also discussed as distinguishing governance from IT management and using a matrix to map how key IT decisions are made.