COBIT 5 Foundation & Implementation
Course Specifications
The use of these materials assumes delivery by a properly accredited trainer through an appropriately certified training organization.
035023
5 days
COBIT 5 is the only business framework for the governance and management of enterprise IT. Launched in April 2012, COBIT 5 helps maximise the value of information by incorporating the latest thinking in enterprise governance and management techniques, and provides globally accepted principles, practices, analytical tools and models to help increase the trust in, and value from, information systems.
Learn the importance of an effective framework to enable business value. Delve into the elements of ISACA’s evolutionary framework to understand how COBIT 5 covers the business end-to-end and helps you effectively govern and manage enterprise IT. This course explains the COBIT framework and supporting materials in a logical and example-driven approach.
Get a practical appreciation of how to apply COBIT 5 to specific business problems, pain points, trigger events and risk scenarios within the organisation. Learn how to implement and apply COBIT 5 into your enterprise and how to effectively use it for client initiatives. Attendees will walk away with an appreciation of how to effectively use COBIT 5 for different organisational scenarios.
This course is designed as an advanced course leading candidates from novice to implementation skilled professionals. The course will enable you to understand how an integrated business framework for the governance and management of enterprise IT can be utilised to achieve IT business integration, cost reductions and increased productivity. The syllabus areas that this course is designed to cover are:
· How IT management issues are affecting organisations
· The need for an effective framework to govern and manage enterprise IT
· How COBIT meets the requirement for an IT governance framework
· How COBIT is used with other standards and best practices
· The functions that COBIT provides and the benefits of using COBIT
· The COBIT Framework and all the components of COBIT
· How to apply COBIT in a practical situation
· How to analyse enterprise drivers
· Implementation challenges, root causes and success factors
· How to determine and assess current process capability
· How to scope and plan improvements
· Potential implementation pitfalls
Although there is no mandatory requirement, ideally candidates should have at least two years professional experience working in an IT Services environment.
The COBIT 5 Foundation & Implementation course would suit candidates working in the following IT professions or areas:
· IT Auditors
· IT Managers
· IT Quality professionals
· IT Leadership
· IT Developers
· Process practitioners
· Managers in IT service providing firms
The above list is a suggestion only; individuals may wish to attend based on their own career aspirations, personal goals or objectives. Delegates may take as few or as many Intermediate qualifications as they require, and to suit their needs.
There is no prerequisite to attending this foundation course, although it is recommended that candidates should have a good understanding of enterprise governance concepts and IT organisational management. To be eligible to sit the Implementation examination, candidates must pass the Foundation examination taken during the course.
Lesson 1: COBIT 5 Overview and Key Features
· What is COBIT 5?
· COBIT 5 Scope
· History of COBIT 5
· The Drivers for COBIT 5
· Mapping COBIT 5 with other frameworks
· Mapping COBIT 5 in a business
Lesson 2: The Five COBIT 5 Principles
· Meeting Stakeholders Needs
· The Goals Cascade
· Covering an Enterprise Endo-to-end
· Single Integrated Framework
· Enabling a Holistic Approach
· Separating Governance from Management
Lesson 3: The Seven COBIT 5 Enablers
· COBIT 5 Enabler Dimensions
· Enabler 1 – Principles, Policy and Frameworks
· Enabler 2 – Processes
· Enabler 3 – Organisational Structures
· Enabler 4 – Culture, Ethics and Behaviour
· Enabler 5 – Information
· Enabler 6 – Services, Infrastructure and Applications
· Enabler 7 – People, Skills and Competencies
Lesson 4: COBIT Implementation
· Challenges to Success
· Key Success Factors
· COBIT 5 Lifecycle Approach
· COBIT 5 Implementation Lifecycle
· Phase 1 – What are the Drivers?
· Phase 2 – Where are we Now?
· Phase 3 – Where do we want to be?
· Phase 4 – What Needs to be Done?
· Phase 5 – How do we get there?
· Phase 6 – Did we get there?
· Phase 7 – How to Keep Momentum
· Business Case
Lesson 5: The COBIT 5 Process Capability Model
· What is a Process Assessment
· What is the COBIT Assessment Programme
· The Differences between a Capability and Maturity Assessment
· Overview of the COBIT 5 Capability Model & Assessments
· The Process Reference Model (PRM)
· The Process Assessment Model (PAM)
· The Measurement Framework
Lesson 6: Introduction and Positioning GEIT
· Understanding GEIT
· Leveraging COBIT 5 & Integrated Frameworks, Standards and Good Practices
· Recap of Principles
· Recap of Enablers
Lesson 7: First Steps
· Creating the Appropriate Environment
· Recap of the Continual Lifecycle
· Pain Points and Triger Events
· Stakeholder Involvement, Needs/ Enterprise Goals to be Mapped to Pain Points and Triger Events
· Key Success Factors
Lesson 8: Initiate the Programme
· Challenges
· Roles within the Phase
· Phase Description and Objective
· Continual Improvement Tasks
· Change Enablement Tasks
· Programme Management Tasks
· Inputs
· Processes
· Outputs
Lesson 9: Define Problems and Opportunities
· Challenges
· Roles within the Phase
· Phase Description and Objective
· Continual Improvement Tasks
· Change Enablement Tasks
· Programme Management Tasks
· Inputs
· Processes
· Outputs
Lesson 10: Plan and Execute the Programme
· Challenges
· Roles within the Phase
· Phase Description and Objective
· Continual Improvement Tasks
· Change Enablement Tasks
· Programme Management Tasks
· Inputs
· Processes
· Outputs
Lesson 11: Realising the Benefits
· Challenges
· Roles within the Phase
· Phase Description and Objective
· Continual Improvement Tasks
· Change Enablement Tasks
· Programme Management Tasks
· Inputs
· Processes
· Outputs
Lesson 12: Exam Preparation
· Question types
· Practice Questions