Accenture - Reflection

             After reviewing the Accenture alternatives, I would still recommend SAP and COBIT 5.  In my opinion, SAP provides as an excellent one-platform enterprise application and COBIT 5 provides an excellent tool for an IT governance application.

COBIT 5 principles will ensure that Accenture is receiving a high level of IT governance. COBIT’s 5 principals are: Meeting a stakeholder’s needs, covering the enterprise end-to-end, applying a single integrated framework, enabling a holistic approach and separating governance from management^[1]. One of the key areas where you can improve, with the 5 principals is separating governance from management. COBIT 5 is a more formal process than the existing IT governance and provides a segregation of IT duties for management. For security reasons, there needs to be a separation of duties for management and they shouldn’t be auditing projects. There is too much manual input done by the sponsors and IT managers. There is too much time being invested at the IT management level and they don’t have the time. Exhibit 7 is an example where you can save time, money and get a high level of productivity from COBIT 5. COBIT 5 provides IT auditing, effective consulting, security and separation of duties within the IT infrastructure. COBIT is an affordable application and it can add value to management so they can focus on daily tasks.

COBIT 5 provides you with a new IT governance that will allow Accenture to be recognized as a world class organization!

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^[1] http://www.isaca.org/COBIT/Pages/default.aspx