Governance >> CobiT Assessment
In today’s competitive and socially demanding economy, organizations find that more aspects of their performance rely on the effective use of information and related technologies. Senior managers in public and private sectors are increasingly asked to consider how well their information and technology enabled investments are being managed and more importantly support the business imperatives. In response to this, many organizations have embarked on a governance framework with the hope and aspirations that through an effective level of auditable controls, they will be able to better align their investments in information and related technologies to their business imperatives.Service Scope:
Through its governance framework and repository of benchmark data, CobiT has successfully been able to provide an integrated set of controls and performance objectives for information and related technologies. The Manta Group has augmented CobiT maturity assessment with analysis of demand, consequence and mitigation drivers so that organizations that are interested in leveraging the power of CobiT can focus their energy on control objectives that are most applicable to their business environments.
Through facilitated workshops, the Manta Group consultants use the Manta Group CobiT assessment tool to assess the severity of concern, maturity, relevance and demand for CobiT governance framework of 34 control objectives and supporting 215 detailed objectives with the four domains of Planning & Organization, Acquire & Implement, Deliver & Support and Monitor & Evaluate.
Subject Matter Expertise:
The Manta Group has extensive experience in implementing CobiT through its tenure in developing performance-based governance framework within public and private sector. Since our inception, we have invested significant resources to ensure that our consultants offer practical thought leadership to our clients for the implementation of CobiT best practices.
Service Brief:
Customer Requirement – Assessment takes into account representation for those with interest in attaining value from IT, those who provide IT services and those with control/risk responsibility. Government organizations, financial institutions, retailers, insurance companies and other industries find CobiT Assessment tool to support the rationalization and implementation of programs such as audit, compliance, operation efficiency, outsourcing and strategic transformation.
Manta Solution – The Manta Group CobiT Assessment Tool combined with the Manta Group CobiT subject matter expertise provide the organization with a mechanism to assess CobiT governance framework of 34 control objectives and supporting 215 detailed objectives holistically through facilitated workshops. The assessment outcome clearly outlines areas in the organization that require focus in order to achieve the expected objectives.
The Manta Group developed the CobiT Assessment Framework as a powerful and efficient tool to facilitate cost-effective assessment of an organization's IT governance maturity. The goal is to recommend specific mitigations strategies that can effectively be translated into an action plan. The model offers an integrated solution to CobiT assessment and includes the following 10 features:
- Structured access to CobiT through a base of illustrative concerns for each of the 34 CobiT control objectives and supporting 215 CobiT detailed objectives.
- Evaluation of current capabilities and assessment of current practices against CobiT maturity level definitions.
- Validation of applicability to client's Business and IT environment through full use of the 215 CobiT detailed objectives as a system of cross-reference.
- Leveraging CobiT benchmark information available through www.itgi.org as a source of input for what is considered a best practice for a comparable organization.
- Opportunity for client's staff with or without substantial knowledge of CobiT to participate and contribute meaningfully in the assessment.
- Facilitation and generation of consensus and understanding among IT and Business engaged in the assessment.
- Fully transparent methodology that facilitates knowledge transfer and continued use of the CobiT Assessment Framework.
- Measurable milestones by dealing with CobiT domain-by-domain and process-by-process.
- Provision of clear, concise reports for management utilizing the spreadsheets and charts that comprise the tool.
- Assessment results that can be used to build an action plan by leveraging industry best practices.
