IT Governance based on CobiT

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Due to high demand for quality and performance, organizations have been trying to standardize their operations to yield benefits and a competitive advantage. In 1996, best practices for Information Technology management were assembled and published, and a constantly-evolving guide called CobiT® was created to:

Solidify the relationship between IT objectives and business objectives;
Make better use of IT resources;
Organize IT activities through the use of a model of accepted processes;
Define the control objectives to be managed.

Control Objectives for Information and Related Technology (CobiT) is an IT governance, control framework and maturity model. CobiT’s purpose is to align IT resources with an enterprise's business objectives so services and information, when delivered, meet quality, fiduciary and security needs. It is also intended as a mechanism to balance IT risks and returns. CobiT defines 34 significant processes, links 210 tasks and activities to them, and defines an internal control framework for them all. CobiT's processes and control objectives are segmented into four domains:

Plan and Organize (PO)
Acquire and Implement (AI)
Deliver and Support (DS)
Monitor and Evaluate (ME)

Objectives

This workshop presents the introductory concepts of CobiT and their applicability through the following objectives:

To understand the concepts and the differences between Corporate Governance and IT Governance;
To understand the structure and the objectives of CobiT framework;
To understand the concepts and the terminology used in CobiT framework;
To understand the relationship between CobiT and other market practices;
To understand how CobiT can be used as a tool to upgrade activities within the organization;
To simulate the application of the concepts learned inside the organizational environment through classroom activities;
To know the existing products offered by ISACA® related to CobiT.

At the end of the training, the attendees will be able to complete the exam.

Target Audience

Potential participants are:

IT Managers and IT process owners.
Business Managers involved in the IT governance domain.
IT Managers involved in IT governance domain.
IT Professionals involved in the regulatory domain.
Anyone interested in learning more about IT Governance using CobiT based processes and control mechanisms.

Duration

3-day course and includes preparation for the optional examination.

Course Outline

This course was developed based on CobiT 4.1, provided by ISACA. Course delivery consists of 20 hours (2.5 days) instruction, plus 4 hours for the review and examination session. This course has 8 modules: