Discuss the phases included in the IT Governance deployment plan. Who are the stakeholders that need to be involved and in which phases should they be involved? Solution There are following phases in the IT Governance deployment plan. Phase 1: Idea Generation in this phase, concept of IT governance deployment plan is developed. Focus is given to high level performance to be achieved by the operations. Executive sponsors are also found out for it. Phase 2: Assessment and planning existing process is analyzed and proposed process and action plan is developed with risk analysis and clearly defined user needs. Phase 3: Implementation Here, suitable vendor for implementation of IT governance is selected and contract terms are finalized. After this, human resource and asset transfer plan as well as governance plan is fine tuned and then, implementation starts. Phase 4: Transition in this phase, detailed transition plan is worked out and new organization structure is spread out. now, we transfer, people , process and functions. Training program is also developed and implemented. Phase 5: Management It involves performing management functions and monitoring performance. it is the time for detailed Relationship management and help people a smooth passage through change management. There are following stakeholders in IT Governance deployment plan. 1. Employees They are involved in phase 2, 3, 4 and 5 2. Top Management They are involved through all phases of the project. 3. Customers They are involved in phase 4 and 5. 4. Vendors They are involved in phase 3, 4 and 5..