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Scoping Process
Scoping Process
1. Identify relevant business drivers for the assessment of IT processes. On the basis of these business drivers,
define the objective of the assessment. The prioritisation and selection of one or more COBIT 5 processes for
inclusion in the process assessment should be based on the business drivers for the assessment. The following
table provides some examples of possible business drivers for completing an assessment of IT processes.
2. Identify and prioritise the enterprise’s IT processes that should be included within the scope of the assessment.
Utilise the business drivers and assessment objectives identified previously, along with, as appropriate, the COBIT
5 process mappings contained in the scoping tool kit. For example, if the objective of the assessment is to assist IT
management in identifying and prioritising improvement initiatives related to one or more specified goals identified,
the COBIT process mappings may be useful to identify the processes most closely related to those IT goals.
3. Perform a preliminary scoping selection of target processes for inclusion in the assessment, based on the
previous prioritisation. Ensure that they will satisfy the identified business drivers and meet the objectives of the
4. Confirm the preliminary selection of target COBIT 5 processes with the project sponsor and key stakeholders of
the process assessment.
5. Finalise the COBIT 5 processes to be included in the assessment.
6. Document the scoping methodology in the assessment records.