Governance Charter Builder (COBIT EDM01)

Overview

Draft IT governance charters: terms of reference for the IT Oversight Committee and decision-making rights for CIO vs CEO, aligned to COBIT 2019 EDM01. Includes authority overlap check for decision gaps.

Example Conversation

You: We need to define our IT Oversight Committee and who decides what — CIO vs CEO. Can you draft the terms of reference and run the authority check?

Agent: I’ll draft a governance charter with the Committee’s mandate, membership, and a decision-rights matrix for key COBIT domains (EDM, APO, BAI, DSS, MEA), then run authority_overlap_check on it.

Agent: Created governance-charter-edm01.md with the Committee ToR and decision rights. Running authority_overlap_check…

Agent: Check FAIL — Decision Gaps: APO, BAI. The charter mentions strategy and build/acquire but doesn’t assign an accountable role (Board, Committee, CIO, CEO) for those domains. I’ve added accountability for APO (CIO) and BAI (Committee for major investments). Re-running the check…

Agent: Check PASS — all detected COBIT domains/themes now have an accountable role. The charter is ready for review.

What the Tools Validate

authority_overlap_check scans a governance charter (Markdown or text) for Decision Gaps:

• Scope: Key COBIT domains (EDM, APO, BAI, DSS, MEA) and governance themes (strategy, risk, investment, performance) that appear in the document.
• Rule: For each domain/theme mentioned, the charter must assign an accountable role (e.g. Board, Committee, CIO, CEO) within context (e.g. in the same section or nearby).
• Output: PASS if every mentioned domain has an accountable role; FAIL with a list of gaps (domains with no owner). Resolve by adding explicit accountability and re-running.

Output Excerpt

Charter excerpt (decision-rights matrix):

## Decision rights

| Domain / theme      | Accountable role | Notes                          |
|---------------------|------------------|--------------------------------|
| EDM / governance    | Board            | Framework and policy approval  |
| APO / IT strategy   | CIO              | Alignment and roadmap          |
| BAI / portfolio     | Committee        | Major investments; CIO day-to-day |
| DSS / service       | CIO              | Delivery and operations        |
| MEA / performance   | Committee        | Targets and board reporting    |

authority_overlap_check report (excerpt):

=== AUTHORITY OVERLAP CHECK (EDM01) ===
Result: PASS

Document: governance-charter-edm01.md
All detected COBIT domains/themes have an accountable role in the charter.
Charter has no decision gaps for the checked domains.

Getting Started

Add your source materials to the project workspace (e.g. existing committee terms or org chart), then activate the Governance Charter Builder (COBIT EDM01) skill. The agent will draft the charter and run authority_overlap_check until decision gaps are resolved.