COBIT 3rd Edition Management Advisor automates the new  Management Guidelines of the 3rd Edition of the COBIT framework.

The following is an extract from the Information Systems Audit and Control Association & Foundation (ISACA) Website relating to their newly released Management Guidelines:

'To ensure a successful enterprise, you must effectively manage the effective union between business processes and  information systems. The new Management Guidelines is composed of Maturity Models,  to  help  determine  the  stages  and expectation  levels of  control  and  compare them against industry norms; Critical Success Factors, to identify the most important   actions for achieving control over the IT processes; Key Goal Indicators, to define target levels of performance; and Key Performance Indicators, to measure whether an IT control process  is meeting its objective. These Management Guidelines will help answer the questions of
immediate concern to all those who have a stake in enterprise success.'

Managing your information systems has never been easier. Incorporating ISACA’s new management guidelines, COBIT 3rd Edition Management Advisor is a one stop management tool.

Comprising of a database of Critical Success Factors, Key Goal Indicators, Key Performance Indicators, and Maturity Steps for each of the 34 IT processes, COBIT 3rd Edition Management Advisor enables you to assess the IT process and provide better assurance to your Board / senior management that key IT risks are being identified and managed.

COBIT 3rd Edition Management Advisor is Windows® based, user friendly and easy to learn.

It provides both ad hoc and standard reporting and graphing facilities, and is web enabled through HTML reporting. COBIT 3rd Edition Management Advisor enables you to identify and manage actions for improvement of the IT process.