This interesting and fascinating book is obviously written by one of the most experienced professionals. It perfectly lays the groundwork for the challenging field of governance of enterprise IT and naturally comes to the essence of COBIT: an umbrella framework currently perceived as a trusted open industry standard applied in the business scene as well as in the IT landscape. It is an easy to read book suitable for all level of organizations and is useful for those active in the public sector or operate in the private sector.
After an introductory chapter, the book provides a clear overview of the main principles of COBIT 5, explains how to translate the stakeholders needs into governance goals and structures, and further down to IT related objectives and corresponding processes. Moreover, it extensively discusses the process model, describes an implementation guide and expounds the capability model. The appendices included in the book hold pertinent information such as detailed mappings, links with ITGI's five governance focus areas, and more.
We all know that it is not always an easy task to mix the theoretical aspects of a standard or best practice with the everyday issues and demands. I can tell you that this book is a great example of how the views from the theory of COBIT 5 can be very well combined with the pragmatic experience gained in practice. Therefore, I recommend this book to top executives, business and IT management, technical staff, auditors, risk and compliance officers, advisors, students and anybody else who is interested the marvelous world of governance of enterprise IT.