CGEIT Governance of Enterprise IT

Domain 1: Governance of Enterprise IT

Governance Framework             

• Components of a Governance Framework
• Organizational Structures, Roles, and Responsibilities
• Strategy Development
• Legal and Regulatory Compliance
• Organizational Culture
• Business Ethics

Technology Governance             

• Governance Strategy Alignment with Enterprise Objectives
• Strategic Planning Process
• Stakeholder Analysis and Engagement
• Communication and Awareness Strategy
• Enterprise Architecture
• Policies and Standards

Information Governance            

• The Information Architecture
• Information Asset Lifecycle
• The Information Ownership and Stewardship
• Information Classification and Handling

Domain 2: IT Resources
IT Resource Planning    

• Sourcing Strategies
• Resource Capacity Planning
• Acquisition of Resources

IT Resource Optimization          

• IT Resource Lifecycle and Asset Management
• Human Resource Competency Assessment and Development
• Management of Contracted Services and Relationships

Domain 3: Benefits Realization

IT Performance and Oversight  

• Performance Management
• Change Management
• Governance Monitoring
• Governance Reporting
• Quality Assurance
• Process Development and Improvement

Management of IT-Enabled Investments            

• Business Case Development and Evaluation
• IT Investment Management and Reporting
• Performance Metrics
• Benefit Evaluation Methods

Domain 4: Risk Optimization

Risk Strategy    

• Risk Frameworks and Standards
• Enterprise Risk Management
• Risk Appetite and Risk Tolerance

Risk Management         

• IT-Enabled Capabilities, Processes, and Services
• Business Risk, Exposures, and Threats
• Risk Management Lifecycle
• Risk Assessment Methods

Domain 5: Resource Optimization

• IT resource planning methods.
• Human resource procurement, assessment, training, and development methodologies.
• Processes for acquiring application, information, and infrastructure resources.
• Outsourcing and offshoring approaches.
• IT resource utilization and availability.
• IT resource performance.
• Data management and data governance concepts.

• Understanding models and methods to establish accountability for information requirements and IT processes.
• Knowledge of IT governance industry practices, standards and frameworks.
• Understanding organizational structures, their roles and responsibilities.
• Learning assurance methodologies and techniques.
• Methods to manage organizational, process and cultural change.
• Knowledge of techniques used to identify IT strategy.
• Prepare for and pass the Certified Governance Enterprise IT (CGEIT) exam
• Define, establish, and manage a framework for the governance of enterprise IT
• Enable and support the achievement of enterprise objectives
• Ensure that IT-enabled investments are managed to deliver optimized business benefits
• Establish an IT risk management framework to identify, analyze, mitigate, manage, monitor, and communicate IT-related business risk
• Optimize IT resources

• The training is intended for IT and business professionals, with significant IT governance experience who are undertaking the CGEIT exam.