How this works
Each question maps to one of six dimensions of IT decentralization — from budget authority to data governance. Answer honestly based on how your enterprise actually operates, not how it is supposed to operate on paper.
Your results will identify your decentralization archetype, your specific risk pattern, and the architectural mechanisms that are most urgent for your situation.
Where does the actual power to buy technology sit in your enterprise?
This tells us where real decision-making power sits — not what the org chart says, but who actually controls the money.
Who is actually in charge of technology decisions in your enterprise?
This tells us whether IT is a central function or a collection of independent teams — and how much authority the enterprise CIO actually has. If your organisation has a Chief AI Officer, consider whether AI decisions flow through the IT leadership structure or around it.
What happens when a business unit wants to buy a non-standard technology tool?
This tells us how tightly the enterprise controls its technology landscape — and how much room individual divisions have to go their own way.
If two divisions share the same customer, who has the correct version of that customer's information?
This tells us whether your enterprise has a shared language for its most important information — and whether your AI initiatives can actually deliver consistent results. Fragmented data is the single biggest reason AI pilots don't scale.
When one part of the business needs information from another — or when an AI tool does — how does that typically work?
This tells us how well-governed the connections between your systems are — including the connections that AI agents are building right now, which most enterprises are not yet counting.
When something goes wrong with a technology system, who is responsible for fixing it — and are the rules the same across the whole company?
This tells us whether the rules for security, updates, and incident response are consistent across the enterprise — or whether each division has quietly built its own way of working.
Answer all 6 questions to unlock your report.