Solvay Brussels School of Economics and Management launched the academic education of the Executive Master in IT Governance (www.solvay.edu/itgov) back in 2005. Recently, the material we use has been adapted to include all recently published Job Practices of CGEIT™ and is lectured by Sushil CHATTERJI, the Subject Matter Expert who participated in the development of those Job Practices. Three related seminars were organized in the past months (including two at the European Commission in Brussels).

Which topics does the CGEIT™ Boot Camp cover?

The course material of the training is based on all the CGEIT™ Job Practice as defined by ISACA:

"The Job Practice serves as the basis for the exam and the experience requirements to earn the CGEIT™ certification. This job practice consists of task and knowledge statements, organized by domains. These statements and domains were based on feedback from IT governance subject matter experts from around the world. Numerous reference sources were also utilized including research conducted by the IT Governance Institute and COBIT 4.1.

These statements are intended to depict the tasks performed by individuals who have a significant management, advisory, or assurance role relating to the governance of IT and the knowledge required to perform these tasks. They are also intended to serve as a definition of the roles and responsibilities of the professionals performing IT governance work."

The Job Practice domains and task and knowledge statements are as follows:

Domain 1—IT Governance Framework (25%)

Define, establish and maintain an IT governance framework (leadership, organizational structures and processes) to: ensure alignment with enterprise governance; control the business information and information technology environment through the implementation of good practices; and assure compliance with external requirements.

Domain 2—Strategic Alignment (15%)

Ensure that IT enables and supports the achievement of business objectives through the integration of IT strategic plans with business strategic plans and the alignment of IT services with enterprise operations to optimize business processes.

Domain 3—Value Delivery (15%)

Ensure that IT and the business fulfill their value management responsibilities: IT-enabled business investments achieve the benefits as promised and deliver measurable business value both individually and collectively, that required capabilities (solutions and services) are delivered on-time and within budget, and that IT services and other IT assets continue to contribute to business value.

Domain 4—Risk Management (20%)

Ensure that appropriate frameworks exist and are aligned with relevant standards to identify, assess, mitigate, manage, communicate and monitor IT-related business risks as an integral part of an enterprise's governance environment.

Domain 5—Resource Management (13%)

Ensure that IT has sufficient, competent and capable resources to execute current and future strategic objectives and keep up with business demands by optimizing the investment, use and allocation of IT assets.

Domain 6—Performance Measurement (12%)

Ensure that business-supporting IT goals/objectives and measures are established in collaboration with key stakeholders and that measurable targets are set, monitored and evaluated.

The detailed CGEIT Job Practice can be viewed at http://www.isaca.org/cgeitjobpractice.

Case-studies

Thanks to the agreement with MIT Sloan School of Management, we are delighted to offer a range of interesting case studies that will be used during the Boot Camp.

"The case studies from the MIT Sloan School of Management were very instructive and helped illustrate practical issues in IT Governance facing organizations today."

                                                                              (Clarence Pinto, 2009)

It's challenging, high-level and extremely interactive

Besides the intensive lectures and courses, workshops and group discussions are part of the CGEIT™ Boot Camp.