Governance of Enterprise IT Based on COBIT 5

Straight forward, easy to understand summary

This book belongs in the reference library of an IT auditor. The author walks through COBIT 5, an upgrade in the COBIT framework recently released by ISACA, from end to end. COBIT 5 integrates the Balanced Scorecard and a concept labeled as "Enablers" with an earlier version of COBIT. COBIT 5 is significantly more powerful than the previous COBIT releases but mapping the new concepts into an integrated whole concept can be daunting for the practitioner. For those adapting COBIT 5 and the new concepts, the book is straightforward and easily digestible. Given the author’s extensive professional background, it could have been much more technical, but the author chose to communicate in a practical voice suitable for a wide variety of audiences including senior management and a board member who may be hearing about COBIT 5 for the first time. The author describes the book as a management guide. It is a certainly that and more particularly if the IT auditor is trying to comprehend and apply COBIT 5 concepts. As a CISA and having executive IT roles in my past career, I recommend this book.

This book is a disappointment. It doesn't tell you anything that you can't already read on the ISACA website (excluding all the historical stuff). It also isn't any easier to read or provides any new perspective etc. Big disappointment. It's also super small incl. appendices, tables etc.

I just bought this book on ebooks and am at chapter 5. I have to say that it is pretty hard going. The style seems to follow that of COBIT documentation in that it (to my impression) 'waffles' around any meaningful descriptions and points. I am used to ITIL and so perhaps I prefer a different style. But the book falls down in so many respects.Chapter 5 The 7 enablers of COBIT does not actually tell you what an enabler is. It refers back to Chapter 4, which is a vague description that dances around the subject (and points to Chapter 5 for more information). The choice of words and the tautology of the sentences drive me to distraction. "Enabler Dimension covers aspects of every enabler and these aspects are:" For a start, there has been no listing of an Enabler Dimension as one of the 7 enablers, and then the style of the sentence which feels 'padded' - "covers aspects of every enabler and these aspects are:"?? Under the sub-heading Enabler Dimensions he waffles on about the use of the term 'Dimensions' forgetting completely about the Enabler aspect. When I read Cobit Framework, I get the same feeling....it just waffles through the subject, almost as though it was trying to compete with ITIL. But you only have to look at the ITIL document to see the enormous amount of work that has gone into constructing each and every sentence, to be as clear and concise (where required) as possible. Worst of all, by chapter 5 I was beginning to think that all this long-winded information was already in the public domain, and probably in a better, more readable style and format.

The book provides a decent overview of what Cobit5 is about, but not more. Far too expensive given the rather limited content and depth of information.

Clear and concise, an immensely useful book

Very Good

The book does give the reader a sound knowledge of COBIT5, however the first two chapters drag far too long over the history of COBIT5 and what old or recent frameworks it integrates: a few pages would have been enough to explain that.Apart from that, it is a book that can be recommended to those who want to start learning about COBIT5