ITIL vs COBIT:
Purpose and Scope:
ITIL:
The purpose of ITIL is to manage the IT services across the lifecycle and to provide a systematic approach to the management and delivery of quality IT services. It is vendor neutral and flexible to accommodate and focus on best practices that can be used by organizations based on the need and maturity level.
COBIT:
The purpose of COBIT is to provide a governance model for management and business owners so that it helps them in delivering the value from IT and also managing the risks associated with it. It helps narrow the gap between business requirements, needs and technical issues. It is a model to meet the needs of IT governance and makes sure that the integrity of information and information systems …show more content…
Review Effectiveness: In this the overall success is reviewed and further requirements are identified and the need of continual improvement is forced.
Advantages and Disadvantages:
ITIL:
Advantages:
1. It improves organization structure and accountability and provides a standard approach to control and manage IT.
2. Facilitates the process of selecting services for outsourcing.
3. Encourages the change towards more mature and effective organizations.
4. Facilitates the control of IT scalability with change, problem and release management.
5. Improved quality control.
Disadvantages:
1. ITIL concepts in nature are comprehensive and their extensive use may lead to increase in costs.
2. Implementation of ITIL requires specific training.
COBIT:
Advantages:
1. It is broader in scope than ITIL in its scope of coverage.
2. It describes the principles and enablers that support an enterprise in meeting the needs of stakeholders.
3. Aims to guide enterprises on implementation, operation and improvement of their overall arrangements.
Disadvantages:
1. Not cost effective as a lot of knowledge is required to implement it as a tool to support IT governance.
2. It lacks specifications concerning its connections between determined benefits and how is it reflected in the
Purpose and Scope:
ITIL:
The purpose of ITIL is to manage the IT services across the lifecycle and to provide a systematic approach to the management and delivery of quality IT services. It is vendor neutral and flexible to accommodate and focus on best practices that can be used by organizations based on the need and maturity level.
COBIT:
The purpose of COBIT is to provide a governance model for management and business owners so that it helps them in delivering the value from IT and also managing the risks associated with it. It helps narrow the gap between business requirements, needs and technical issues. It is a model to meet the needs of IT governance and makes sure that the integrity of information and information systems …show more content…
Review Effectiveness: In this the overall success is reviewed and further requirements are identified and the need of continual improvement is forced.
Advantages and Disadvantages:
ITIL:
Advantages:
1. It improves organization structure and accountability and provides a standard approach to control and manage IT.
2. Facilitates the process of selecting services for outsourcing.
3. Encourages the change towards more mature and effective organizations.
4. Facilitates the control of IT scalability with change, problem and release management.
5. Improved quality control.
Disadvantages:
1. ITIL concepts in nature are comprehensive and their extensive use may lead to increase in costs.
2. Implementation of ITIL requires specific training.
COBIT:
Advantages:
1. It is broader in scope than ITIL in its scope of coverage.
2. It describes the principles and enablers that support an enterprise in meeting the needs of stakeholders.
3. Aims to guide enterprises on implementation, operation and improvement of their overall arrangements.
Disadvantages:
1. Not cost effective as a lot of knowledge is required to implement it as a tool to support IT governance.
2. It lacks specifications concerning its connections between determined benefits and how is it reflected in the