Synopsis of the COBIT 5 Foundation

COBIT 5 is the latest edition of ISACA's globally accepted framework It provides an end to end business view of the governance of enterprise IT, reflecting the central role of information and technology in creating value for enterprises of all sizes The principles, practices, analytical tools and models found in COBIT 5 embody thought leadership and guidance from business, IT and governance experts around the world COBIT 5 provides guidance to executives and those charged with making decisions concerning the use of technology in support of organizational objectives COBIT 5 helps business leaders address the needs of all stakeholders across the enterprise and ultimately maximize the value from information and technology Audience Profile: COBIT 5 is ideal for IT auditors, IT managers, IT quality professionals, IT leadership, IT developers, process practitioners or managers in IT service providing firms IT professionals that are working within an organization that has adopted and adapted ITIL®, who need to be informed about and thereafter contribute to, an ongoing service improvement programme. Exam Format: Multiple Choice format, 50 questions per paper, 25 mark or more required to pass (out of 50 available) 50, 40 minute duration, Closed book.
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Course curriculum

  • 1

    Introduction

    • Challenges Faced By Companies

    • What is Governance?

    • Balance between Performance and Conformance

    • Key Concepts of Governance

    • Characteristics of a Governance System

    • Stakeholders in the Governance System

    • The History of COBIT5

    • ISACA - The Organization Behind COBIT5

    • Why Was COBIT5 Developed?

    • Benefits of COBIT5

    • Basic Concepts of COBIT5

    • COBIT5 in relation to other key standards and frameworks

    • COBIT5 & ITIL

    • COBIT5 & ISO 38500

    • COBIT5 & COSO

    • SOX - Sarbanes Oxley Act

    • The key differences between COBIT5 4.1 & 5

    • The key differences between COBIT5 4.1 & 5
  • 2

    PRINCIPLES

    • Principles of COBIT5 Governance Model

    • Principle 1 - Creating Added Values

    • Case Study - Internal Stakeholders / External Stakeholder

    • Objectives of Cascade

    • Advantages of the COBIT5 Goal Cascade

    • Covering the enterprise end to end

    • Key components of governance system

    • Applying a single integrated framework

    • Enabling a holistic approach

    • Systematic Governance

    • Separating governance from management

    • Interfaces between governance and management

    • The COBIT5 reference model review
  • 3

    ENABLER

    • Introduction to the Enablers

    • Principles policies and frameworks

    • Principles policies and frameworks – Objectives and Lifecycle

    • Principles policies and framework - Best practices

    • Processes Introduction

    • Process objectives lifecycle

    • Best practices Processes

    • Processes Reference to other enablers

    • Process Reference Model

    • Content in the COBIT5 process reference manual

    • Overview of domains

    • Case study - Processes

    • Organizational structures
  • 4

    ENABLER (Cont'd)

    • Objectives of organisational structures

    • Culture, ethics and behaviour

    • Objectives of culture, ethics and behaviour

    • Information

    • Objectives of Information

    • Information lifecycle

    • Best practices of the enabler information

    • Services infrastructure and applications

    • Services infrastructure and applications

    • Objectives of the enablers services infrastructure and applications

    • Best practices for service capability

    • Employees skills and expertise

    • Objectives for skills and expertise

    • Best practices in skills and expertise

    • Enabler summary
  • 5

    IMPLEMENTATION

    • Introduction to implementation

    • Taking account of the company's environment

    • Creating the right environment

    • Identify typical weaknesses and trigger events

    • Enabling change

    • Implementation lifecycle as an approach

    • Phase 1 -What are the drivers

    • Phase 2 - Scope of Implementation

    • Phase3 - Where do we want to be

    • Phase 5 - How do we get there

    • Phase 6 - Did we get there

    • Case Study - Planning The Roadmap

    • Creating the business case

    • Implementation Summary
  • 6

    Process Assessment Model (PAM)

    • Introduction

    • Models

    • Measuring process maturity levels

    • Process Measurement Parameters

    • Process Maturity Level on the basis of ISO 15504

    • Process maturity level on the basis of ISO 15504 (Continued)

    • The Six Maturity Levels

    • The nine attributes of maturity

    • Process Definition attribute

    • Process deployment attribute

    • Process Measurement Attribute

    • Process control attribute

    • Process innovation attribute
  • 7

    Process Assessment Model (PAM) Cont'd

    • Process innovation attribute

    • Process optimization attribute

    • Executing Process Capability Assessment

    • Assessment Indicators

    • Indicators of Process Performance

    • Base Practice

    • Process capability indicators

    • Evaluation of the assessment

    • Differences between the 4.1 COBIT5 maturity model and the COBIT5 process capability model

    • Differences between ISO 15504 based COBIT5 Process Capability Assessment and COBIT4.1 Maturity Model

    • The difference between a maturity model and a process capability model

    • Benefits of the innovations

    • Critical examination of process maturity measurement

    • Critical examination of the process maturity measurement

    • ISO 15504 Information Technology Process Assessment
  • 8

    Next steps

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