COBIT® 4.1 Foundation Certificate - Course Contents

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 4.1 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