COBIT 5 Foundation

Course overview

COBIT 5 is the only business framework for the governance and management of enterprise IT. Launched in April 2012, COBIT 5 helps maximize 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. Developed for anyone interested in obtaining foundation-level knowledge of COBIT, the course explains the COBIT framework and supporting materials in a logical and example-driven approach.


Prerequisites

Experience and knowledge of IT computing environments are useful but not essential

Audience

IT auditors, IT managers, IT quality professionals, IT leadership, IT developers, process practitioners and managers in IT service providing firms


Course objectives
This course will prepare you for the COBIT 5 Foundation certificate exam and will ensure that you gain an understanding of:
  • The major drivers for the development of COBIT 5.
  • The business benefits of COBIT 5.
  • The COBIT 5 Product Architecture.
  • The Governance and Management of Enterprise IT and the IT management issues and challenges that affect enterprises.
  • The 5 Key Principles of COBIT 5.
  • How COBIT 5 processes and Process Reference Model (PRM) help create the 5 Principles and the 7 Governance and Management Enablers.
  • How to create awareness with business executives and senior IT Management.
  • How to assess the current state of Enterprise IT in your organisation.
  • The basic concepts for the implementation of COBIT 5 and of the new Process Assessment Model (PAM).
  • How to scope what aspects of COBIT 5 would be appropriate to implement.

Course benifites

At the conclusion of this course, attendees will understand
  • How IT management issues are affecting organizations
  • 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