Governance of Enterprise IT based on COBIT®5

CHAPTER 7: IMPLEMENTATION OF GEIT WITH COBIT 5

‘The value of an idea lies in the using of it.’

Thomas Alva Edison (1847-1931)

This chapter looks into the approach to implementation of Governance of Enterprise IT (GEIT) based on COBIT 5.

It is important to recognise there is not a mandatory approach to the implementation of GEIT – but the COBIT 5 books do provide sound guidance on approaches to consider, as well as discussion of difficulties that may arise and methods of avoiding or overcoming these. The key point to recognise is that governance and management of enterprise IT must be specific to your enterprise and that means analysis must be conducted with stakeholders, a business case must be devised, approval gained from senior management ...