Training and Keynote Speaking

"Implementing IT Governance Using CobiT "

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“IT governance is the effective and efficient exercise of authority in deciding how best to use IT resources in the achievement of strategic goals.”

Héctor L. Muñoz

Value of IT Governance

A mature and effective IT governance can have a tremendous impact on an organization’s ability to add business value. In fact, research suggests that organizations with solid IT governance achieve 20% higher profit than those with less effective IT governance in place.Investing the time and money to increase the competency and skills necessary to implement an effective IT governance framework is definitely a worthwhile investment. It will help advance the entire IT shared agenda.

Expected Training Results

At the end of itValue Consulting’s 2-day IT governance implementation training, participants will be able to:

• Fully understand the business value of a mature and effective IT governance.

• Assess the maturity of their organization’s IT governance and the capabilities needed to implement and execute an effective governance.

• Use our Decisions@Core framework to guide IT governance implementation.

• Better understand CobiT and its use in governance implementation.

• Use a tool to assess and prioritize barriers to governance implementation.

• Develop a high level governance implementation plan, including an organizational change management plan, targeted to their organization.

Who Should Attend

IT directors, managers, supervisors, and project managers accountable for improving IT governance. Business analysts and project managers wanting to fully understand strategy and governance. It will be applicable whether the governance scope is to govern executive decisions or to govern specific processes such as architecture, vendor management, regulatory compliance, or service reuse.

Program Overview

• Course Introduction
• Executive Review of the Business Value of IT Governance
• itValue Consulting’s Decisions@Core Governance Framework
• Strategy, Balanced Scorecard, and IT Governance
• People Management and IT Governance
• Decision Making Framework
• Understanding and Applying CobiT (Control Objectives for Information and Related Technology)
• Conducting a Governance Maturity Assessment
• Assessing Barriers and Chartering the Implementation
• Planning the Implementation of Governance Improvement
• Organizational Change Management
• Presentation and Evaluation of Individual Plans

Course Materials Included with Tuition

Comprehensive course notes, Decisions@Core Governance toolkit with templates and documents, and a certificate upon completion.

Location

itValue Consulting can arrange for private workshops to be delivered in Estes Park, Colorado or Sarasota, Florida. Besides providing outstanding training facilities and an environment conducive to real learning, these locations offer a chance to get away and reflect on the opportunities and challenges of improving organizational performance.

We also conduct this training on-site.

Cost: The cost for this workshop is $5,000 per day.This topic could also be delivered as an introductory one hour presentation.

To find out more please call 1-800-622-9815, option 2 or send us an e-mail .