India, April 25 -- IT teams struggle to create tools, architectures and applications to keep up with evolving customer demands and mountains of data. In the fast-paced world of IT and the never-ending emerging trends, the answer to complexity is often more complexity. Practical thinking and application of fundamental rules to govern IT often fall by the wayside. It's time to review some traps that are easy to fall into that might be weakening your grasp on IT governance.

Despite years of effort to create strong links between business and IT operations, there are still gaps between what the business is looking for and what IT is providing. The need to move quickly to address customer demand hasn't helped matters, and the emergence of agile ...