Hi Rick! You are right about the comparison between ITIL and COBIT, but COBIT, like ITIL, is a framework, not a solution to the problem.
Back when the dinosaurs were still roaming the earth, I once did COBIT 4.1 foundation and found that it had some merit, and a couple of good things to go and implement, but, like ITIL, it's bloated with some superfluous academic surrealism that you have to filter out for yourself to make it work in real life. The foundation exam, like the ITIL foundation exam, is dumbed down to test your thought processes, grammar and comprehension of the English language with questions referring to the subject, rather than your knowledge and recollection of the subject matter itself, making it fall-out-of-a-tree easy to pass the foundation exam. That said, I would still recommend doing both ITIL and COBIT as both have some good pointers in the right direction. I remember walking out of the COBIT exam, thinking that it would be a great idea to publish a book that combines the best of ITIL and COBIT whilst aligning them, but got busy at work and never got round to it. The good news is that there are folks at ISACA who also had the same idea: http://www.isaca.org/KNOWLEDGE-CENTER/RESEARCH/RESEARCHDELIVERABLES/Pages/CO BIT-Mapping-Mapping-of-ITIL-V3-With-COBIT-4-11.aspx http://www.isaca.org/Knowledge-Center/Research/ResearchDeliverables/Pages/Al igning-COBIT-4-1-ITIL-V3-and-ISO-IEC-27002-for-BusinessBenefit.aspx In short: -COBIT is about defining and managing IT processes in general. -ITIL is about managing the IT support shop specifically. -They overlap in some areas and you have to align them yourself. -Do COBIT to compliment your SOX compliance. Best Regards, Theo -----Original Message----- From: Action Request System discussion list(ARSList) [mailto:arslist@ARSLIST.ORG] On Behalf Of Rick Westbrock Sent: 27 November 2013 00:08 To: arslist@ARSLIST.ORG Subject: Opinions on COBIT Hi all- Lately I have seen several references to COBIT and being unfamiliar with it I did some quick research. My take is that in some ways it complements ITIL and in other ways "competes" with ITIL at some level. I am very interested to hear what the fine folks on the list have to say about COBIT, especially anyone who is currently following the COBIT framework (or has in the past). If you prefer to contact me off-list with your thoughts I'm fine with that although I have a feeling that everyone could benefit from the responses. Thanks in advance, Rick ____________________________________________________________________________ ___ UNSUBSCRIBE or access ARSlist Archives at www.arslist.org "Where the Answers Are, and have been for 20 years" _______________________________________________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE or access ARSlist Archives at www.arslist.org "Where the Answers Are, and have been for 20 years"
