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Workshop abstract

With the pervasiveness of IT in all aspects of business, IT governance has emerged to be a key focus area for alignment and management of IT in any major enterprise. COBIT® or Control Objectives for Information and Related Technology, currently in its 3rd edition and published by the IT Governance Institute, is the de facto IT governance framework in use today.

Increasingly, with recent legislation such as the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 in the U.S., better understanding of governing IT using the COBIT® framework is considered to be essential for anyone involved in managing, auditing or reducing risk in IT. This 1-day workshop will inform participants about the context of IT governance and how the COBIT® framework addresses all the key elements of governing the IT lifecycle, using a model consisting of 34 IT processes in 4 domains. With this understanding, workshop participants will be able to formulate a suitable IT governance framework and action plan for their organization.

who should attend this ?

CIOs and senior managers in charge of or who influence IT management
IT managers, especially those who are process owners or in a planning capacity in an IT organization
IT auditors wanting to improve their knowledge of IT governance from a process perspective

workshop Outline

COBIT and the context of IT governance
- IT control and governance needs
- A framework to respond to the need
- What does it consist of
- Who needs it
- Why should it be adopted
COBIT framework principles
- Definitions
- Business requirements, IT resources and IT processes
- 4 domains of COBIT
COBIT framework content
- COBIT cube
- Waterfall model: domains ? processes ? control objectives ? control practices
- High-level control objectives
- Detailed control objectives
- Control practices
COBIT management guidelines
- Key Goal Indicators (KGIs)
- Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)
- Critical Success Factors (CSFs)
- Maturity model
- Benefits of COBIT to different roles
Using COBIT to improve IT governance
- Creating a baseline
- Gap analysis using the maturity model
- IT governance improvement plan
- Benchmarking and measurement with the IT Balanced Scorecard