Overview

This 3-day instructor led course provides an excellent introduction to the latest version of COBIT

It is ideal for individuals and organisations that wish to have an overview COBIT, and for those who wish to gain a valuable formal qualification in COBIT.

Key Learning Objectives
 
Attendance on this course will:  

• Allow delegates to understand what COBIT is, and how organisations might benefit from using it as part of a wider Governance strategy.

Who will benefit?

This course will benefit anybody who wishes to attain an overview of the key elements of COBIT.
 
Although there are no formal course prerequisites it is envisaged that the delegates should have at least a basic awareness of the key components of COBIT.

Content

The ‘core’ content of this course includes:

• 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 efficiency
• Maintaining confidentiality
• Integrity of the structure
• Availability of resource
• Achieving compliance
• Reliability of the system

• 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

• Writing process descriptions
• Evaluating 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 PMI BOK
• ISO/IEC 17799

Practical Application of CobiT

• Effective implementation of IT Governance and the CobiT framework
• Additional ITGI information

Examination & Qualification

The examination is not taken as a part of the course. Instead delegates will be required to book an ‘in-line’ examination at a Prometric centre.

Please Note. This course can also be provided as on on-demand ‘in-house’ course, where (if required) the content can be tailored to meet any specific requirements you may have.

See the course location and schedule page to book your place on this course.