COBIT V4.1 Foundation

Course details

The COBIT® Foundation course is interactive, classroom-based learning experience. Participants learn about the need for an IT control framework and how COBIT addresses this need by providing a globally accepted IT governance and control framework. This course explains the elements and supporting materials of the COBIT framework using a logical and exampledriven approach for everyone interested in obtaining Foundation-level knowledge of COBIT.

Audience:

A wide range of business managers, IT management consultants, IT governance professionals, and auditors who wish to gain a better understanding of COBIT and what it can provide to their organization

Learning Objectives:

At the end of this course, participants will gain competencies in:

• Identifying how IT management issues affect organizations.
• Recognizing the need for a control framework driven by the need for IT governance.
• Understanding the principles of IT governance, how IT governance helps address IT management issues, and who should be responsible for IT governance.
• Identifying how COBIT meets the requirement for an IT governance framework.
• Understanding how COBIT is used with other standards and best practices.
• Identifying the COBIT Framework and all its components — control objectives, control practices, and management guidelines.
• Understanding how to apply COBIT in a practical situation.
• Identifying the functions that COBIT provides and the benefits of using COBIT.
• Identifying how the use of COBIT is supported by ISACA.

Benefits:

• Master COBIT at a Foundation level.
• Interact and learn from peers in this intensive, group-learning exercise.
• The case-study-driven learning enables the participants to apply COBIT in their day-to-day practice.
• The course is a stepping stone for the COBIT Implementation Methodology course as well as other COBIT courses.
• Flexible delivery: The course is available in the traditional classroom, virtual classroom, and e-learning formats.

Agenda:

Day 1

• Course Introduction 
• Why COBIT? 
• COBIT: An Introduction
• Assignment 1: IT Challenges for Callwick
• The COBIT Cube
• Assignment 2: Video on Demand is Launched

Day 2

• The COBIT Components Part 1
• Assignment 3: Preparing for the Management Meeting
• The COBIT Components Part 2
• Assignment 4: The Resolution for Callwick
• Assurance Guidance 
• COBIT Resources

Day 3

• Inter-relationships with other Frameworks, Standards and Regulations
• Exam Preparation Guide
• Self Study
• Exam
• Closure and Feedback