You Will Learn How To
- Prepare for and take the ITGI CobiT Foundation Exam
- Position IT Governance in an Enterprise Governance framework
- Navigate and apply ITGI's CobiT Framework
- Relate CobiT to other frameworks and methodologies
Course Benefits
Implementing effective IT governance and control enhances stakeholder value by enabling more efficient and effective leveraging of IT assets. Control Objectives for Information and Related Technology (CobiT) provides best practice in IT Governance for IT professionals and managers. Created by the IT Governance Institute (ITGI), CobiT provides a comprehensive set of measures, indicators, processes and control objectives across a broad spectrum of IT processes.
In this course, you have the opportunity to take the CobiT Foundation Exam on the final day of class.
Who Should Attend
Those who want to achieve CobiT Foundation Certificate and are interested in implementing the CobiT framework.
Workshop Course
Exercises provide you with practice in understanding the CobiT framework.
- Using CobiT to identify Governance weaknesses
- Maturity Modelling
- Prioritisation and Implementation Planning
- Preparing RACI charts and information matrices
Course Content
Introduction to IT Governance
Overview
- Triggers for the current focus on Governance
- Defining Corporate and IT Governance
- Placing IT Governance in an overall Governance framework
IT Governance Drivers
- Key drivers for improved IT Governance
- Industry responses
- The need for a unifying framework
Defining the CobiT Framework
Overview of CobiT
- The purpose of CobiT
- CobiT's target audience
- CobiT's history
Exploring CobiT's four perspectives
- The Financial Perspective
- Focusing on the Customer Perspective
- Learning and Growth
- The Internal Perspective
CobiT's key concepts
- Linking business goals and IT goals
- Linking IT goals and information criteria
- Linking IT goals and processes
Measuring IT Governance
- Using Balanced Scorecards
- Maturity Models and their application
- Using the RACI matrix
Examining CobiT's Scope and Structure
Defining the key business requirements for IT
- Ensuring effectiveness
- Delivering information efficiently
- Maintaining confidentiality
- Integrity of information
- Availability of information
- Achieving compliance
- Reliability
The four IT resource areas
- Planning and Organising
- Acquiring and Implementing
- Delivering and Supporting
- Monitoring and Evaluating
The four process domains:
- Applications
- Information
- Infrastructure
- People
Navigating the CobiT Framework
- Process descriptions
- Control objectives
- Inputs and outputs
- Using RACI charts
- Defining goals and metrics
- Using maturity models
- Supporting CobiT information
In-depth Examination of information
- Content and presentation of information
- CobiT's use of RACI charts and information matrices
- Focus areas
CobiT's Relationship with other Methodologies
- The relationship with ITIL®
- PRINCE2®
- Considering APM and PMBOK® Guide
- ISO/IEC 17799 and ISO 38500
Practical Application of CobiT
- Additional ITGI information
- CobiT's guidance for implementation of a governance framework
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Important Course Information
- The COBIT Foundation Exam is offered on the final day of class.
- Course fee includes the Foundation Exam.
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