COBIT 5

Course details

Course Overview
Governance identifies what decisions need to be made, who makes them, how they are to be made and how to determine that they are properly implemented. Just as these activities must occur at every view of the enterprise, so too must governance occur.

Now enterprises must go beyond just lip service to governance and are definitely accountable for IT performance to ensure their own performance and long term sustainability. Knowledge of COBIT helps understand needs of governance framework within an enterprise. It will help you define key elements to ensure IT is governed and aligned to stakeholder needs.

COBIT gives a framework for better governance of IT in alignment with business needs. It is most acceptable governance framework. COBIT has evolved from a purely IT auditing framework to IT governance framework, providing a comprehensive understanding and critical acceptance.

Knowledge of COBIT is critical to management and IT practitioners. COBIT 5 framework established in 2012, is the foundation for better and aligned IT governance. As security, fairness, and transparency become key to good management, governance needs to move from boardrooms to every corner of the enterprise. Information is all pervasive and IT is a custodian. Business role in IT governance is critical to ensuring business achieving its goals. COBIT helps to identify and map business goals to IT processes and goals.

What will I learn?

• Overview of COBIT
• Terms and definitions
• 5 principles of COBIT:
• Other standards and framework and their integration with COBIT
• Assignment 1: Understanding IT issues in an organisation
• Current trends in IT Governance - A discussion
• 7 Enablers of COBIT 5:
• Process reference model
• Enablers – (Contd)
• Systematic governance and management through interconnected enablers
• COBIT 5 enabler dimensions
• Implementation guidance:
• COBIT 5 process capability model and its alignment to ISO 15504
• Quick revision and exam preparation
• Final exam

Who is this course for?
This brand new course is essentially meant for IT managers, technical heads, service delivery, support staff and managers and managers responsible for ensuring governance within IT strategic planning and execution. This course will add value to business managers who are directly responsible for IT services to run their business.

How will I benefit from taking this course?

• Strategic IT alignment with business
• IT performance monitoring from a business perspective
• IT integration with business processes and business planning