COBIT Foundation Certificate
– Course Content


Day 1

  • Introduction
    - History
    - Relationship with other standards
  • The need for an IT Governance framework
  • Context for IT Governance
  • Components of an IT Governance framework
  • Focus areas
  • COBIT Overview
    - Business Requirements
    - Business Goals and IT Goals
    - Interrelationships of COBIT Components
  • COBIT Framework
    - Domains and processes
    - Control model
    - Measures
  • COBIT Audit Process
  • COBIT Components
  • COBIT Navigation

Day 2

  • Recap
  • Applying COBIT
  • The COBIT V4.0 Document
    - Structure
    - Learning Approach
    - Navigation
  • The COBIT Audit Guidelines
    - Structure
    - Learning Approach
  • Exercise - Elements of the Audit Guidelines
  • Components in Depth - PO10 Manage Projects
    -High Level Control Objective
    - Detailed Control Objectives
    - Inputs
    - Outputs
    - RACI Charts
    - Goals and Metrics
    - Maturity Model
  • Exercise - Assessing maturity levels and their meaning
  • Components in Depth - DS2 Manage third party services
    - High Level Control Objective
    - Detailed Control Objectives
    - Inputs
    - Outputs
    - RACI Charts
    - Goals and Metrics
    - Maturity Model
  • Exercise - Supplier Management Risks
  • Benefits of COBIT
  • IT Governance Institute
  • Exam Preparation

Day 3

  • Recap
  • Exam
  • Overview of COBIT Online, e.g. COBIT’s bench marking facilities
  • Mapping of COBIT to other best practice methodologies:
    - ITIL
    - SOX
    - PRINCE2
    - PMbok
    - CMM
    - ISO17799
  • Overview of Val IT and COBIT relationship
  • Practical experience in how to perform a COBIT assessment and develop an improvement plan