| Course Title | COBIT
4.1 Foundation Course |
| Duration | 2 days |
Course Schedule & Locations
COBIT Training in Dubai
We are running a public COBIT 4.1 Foundation Course
in Dubai on the 17-18 January. The course fee is AED 3,600.00 (and this
includes the official ISACA examination fee).
COBIT Training in Dublin
We are running a public COBIT 4.1 Foundation Course in Dublin on the 21-22 February. The course fee is Euro 810.00 (and this includes the official ISACA examination fee).
If you are interested and would like to book a
place on this course please contact us at enquiries@e-Quant.co.uk
Overview
This 2-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 board is ISACA.
The qualification gained is the internationally recognised ISACA Foundation
Certificate in COBIT v4.1.
The examination is a one-hour 40 question multiple
examination (70% required to pass).
