Manage your team using CobiT
As I have delved more into CobiT I have become a believer in its use not only as an overall IT Control and Management framework but also as a management framework that can be used as guidance for a team within IT.
As CIO I will be accountable for the overall framework and so sections like setting IT Strategy will naturally fall to me. But one of my managers could just as well tweak those control objectives to be targetted specifcally for her team - not for the benefit of the auditors but as a guide to help her manage her business more effectively. For example my network team will have certain control objectives that they are accountable for as part of the overall IT Governance framework. But they could have their own framework as well, substituting control objects like “IT Strategy” with “Networking Team Strategy”, etc.
I’m really trying not to incorporate too much additional process but on the other hand we all need to improve in how we manage our own business and I think my managers can learn a lot by taking a more structured approach.
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Posted on 28-Apr-07 at 10:27 am | Permalink
Jason Masters wrote:
One interesting aspect of Cobit in my mind, is that with some thought about some elements, it can become an enterprise program governance model. If IT can lead the use of CoBit throughout the organisation, there is the possibility of common Governance language in the organisation, and this may then have significant benefits back to IT as the wider organisation will be better aware of strong processes and governence
Posted on 05-May-07 at 2:37 am | Permalink
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Posted on 09-May-07 at 7:01 am | Permalink
Bill Oxley wrote:
Jason - I have not delved into other areas of corporate governance, but is there not already some streamlined corporate governance frameworks better suited than CobiT?
Posted on 15-May-07 at 1:24 pm | Permalink