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
