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2 1. Course Description: Get a practical appreciation of how to apply COBIT 5 to specific business problems, pain points, trigger events and risk scenarios within the organization. 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 organizational scenarios. The course is supported by practical exercises and engaging case-based scenarios. Candidates learn how to apply the COBIT 5 continual improvement lifecycle approach to address requirements and establish and maintain a sustainable approach to governing and managing enterprise IT as normal business practice. The course is available as a 2 or 3-day course. The third day is optional for the exam. About COBIT 5: COBIT 5 provides the next generation of ISACA s guidance on the enterprise governance and management of IT. It builds on more than 15 years of practical usage and application of COBIT by many enterprises and users from business, IT, risk, security and assurance communities. Today, more than ever, information and related technologies need to be governed, managed and operated in a holistic manner with a single, integrated process model that provides end-to-end coverage of the roles, responsibilities and practices required. COBIT 5 provides a comprehensive framework that assists enterprises in achieving their objectives for the governance and management of enterprise IT. It helps enterprises create optimal value from IT by maintaining a balance between realizing benefits and optimizing risk levels and resource use. COBIT 5 enables IT to be governed and managed in a holistic manner for the entire enterprise, taking in both the full end-to-end business and IT functional areas of responsibility, while considering the IT-related interests of internal and external stakeholders. COBIT 5 is generic, and is useful for enterprises of all sizes; whether commercial, not-for-profit or in the public sector. 2. Audience: A wide range of IT auditors, IT managers, IT quality professionals, IT leadership, IT developers, process practitioners and managers in IT service providing firms, business managers. 3. Learning Objectives: At the end of this course, you will gain competencies in: How to analyze 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 4. Case Study: Scenario-driven learning has always been one of the key success factors of the COBIT training approach, since it puts you in the right mind-set to apply the principles of COBIT in real life. The all-
3 new case study takes this into account and builds on it by: Providing more business-focused challenges through situations and cases Presenting a real world connect using situations that can occur in day-to-day life Discussing the application of COBIT with others 5. Prerequisites: Successful Completion of the COBIT 5 Foundation Exam. 6. Course Materials: You will receive a printed copy of the classroom presentation materials and the printed Course Book, which contains additional reference material, such as the syllabus, glossary, and the mock exam. You can download or purchase a hard copy of the ISACA COBIT 5 Implementation Guide and the Enabling Process Guide from the product page on the ISACA website. 7. Course Agenda: Day 1 Start Time End Time Duration 1. Introduction 09:00 09:30 00:30 2. Positioning IT 09:30 10:15 00:45 Governance Break 10:15 10:30 00:15 3. Taking the First Steps 10:30 11:15 00:45 Assignment 1: Justifying IT 11:15 12:45 01:30 Governance Improvement LUNCH 12:45 01:45 01:00 4. What Are the Drivers? 01:45 02:30 00:45 Break 02:30 02:45 00:15 Assignment 2: Phase 1 02:45 04:15 01:30 5. Where Are We Now? And Where Do We Want to Be? 04:15 05:00 00:45 Total 08:00 Day 2 Start Time End Time Duration Assignment 3: Phases 2 & 3 09:00 10:30 01:30 Break 10:30 10:45 00:15 6. What Needs to Be Done? 10:45 11:15 00:45 And How Do We Get There? Assignment 4: Phases 4 & 5 11:15 12:45 01:30
4 Lunch 12:45 01:45 01:00 7. Did We Get There? And 01:45 02:30 00:45 How Do We Keep the Momentum Going? Break 02:30 02:45 00:15 Assignment 5: Phases 6 & 7 02:45 04:15 01:30 8. Exam Preparation 04:15 05:00 00:45 (optional) Evening Mock Exam 05:30 06:30 01:00 (optional) Total 08:00 Day 3 Start Time End Time Duration Exam Preparation: Self 09:00 10:30 01:30 Study Break 10:30 10:45 00:15 Exam 10:45 01:15 02:30 Lunch 01:15 02:15 01:00 8. Course Outline: A. Positioning IT Governance a. Benefit Realization b. Risk Optimization c. Resource Optimization d. Environmental Factors e. IT Governance Frameworks f. Applying IT Governance B. Taking the First Steps a. Environment for IT Governance Implementation b. Roles and Responsibilities c. RACI Chart for Implementation d. Life-cycle Approach and Phases e. Pain Points and Trigger Events f. Continual Improvement, Change Enablement and Program Management C. What Are the Drivers? a. Drivers for IT Governance b. Key Role Players c. Tasks, Inputs and Outputs d. Challenges e. Root Causes
f. Critical Success Factors g. Continual Improvement, Change Enablement and Program Management D. Where Are We Now? And Where Do We Want to Be? a. Root Causes for Overcoming Implementation Challenges b. Implementation Pitfalls c. Target Capability d. Identify Challenges e. Encouraging Management f. Defining Roles g. Planning and Scoping h. Continual Improvement, Change Enablement and Program Management E. What needs to be done? And How do we get there? a. Initiating the Program b. Success Factors c. Planning d. Getting Commitment e. Target Setting f. Availability of Key Roles g. Overcome Fear of Bureaucracy h. Continual Improvement, Change Enablement and Program Management F. Did we get there? And how do we keep the momentum going? a. Adoption by Role Players b. Demonstrating Benefits c. Using Momentum d. Continual Improvement, Change Enablement and Program Management 9. Exam Facts and Planning Exams can be taken on the last day of the course or later. The COBIT 5 Implementation examination paper consists of three booklets: the scenario booklet, question booklet and the answer (sheet) booklet. In total, there are four questions, each testing one syllabus area, in various formats (multiple choice, multiple response, matching responses and evaluating statements). The pass mark for the Implementation exam is 50%. Each of the four questions contains 20 question lines, each of which attracts 1 mark, giving a total of 80 marks. Each of the four questions will be sub- divided into parts. Each of these part-questions will identify the portion of the 20 marks allocated to it. The exam is 150 minutes in duration. Participants may reference their copy of the Implementation Guide during the examination. Fifalde Consulting Inc. is a trusted independent advisor, helping organizations maximize efficiencies and increase value to their IT services. We specialize in the delivery of Information Technology Service Management (ITSM) and Information Security Management (ISM) consulting and training services, using best practices such as the Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL ), TIPA, TOGAF, and standards such as ISO/IEC 20000, 27001, 38500 and others. Fifalde s team includes a network of the most accredited consultants and trainers in the IT industry. For more information on what Fifalde can offer your organization, please visit fifalde.com