Question 171 - COBIT 2019 discussion

The size of the enterprise is a design factor that describes the scale or magnitude of an enterprise's information and technology activities in terms of aspects such as number of employees, customers, locations, products, services, processes, systems, data, etc. The size of the enterprise influences the governance and management of information and technology in terms of the level of complexity, diversity, variability, standardization, centralization, decentralization, etc., that are required for its information and technology activities. The key benefit of considering the size of the enterprise when designing governance is targeting capability levels of governance and management objectives. The capability levels are a measure of how well an enterprise performs its information and technology governance and management processes in terms of process attributes such as process performance, process definition, process deployment, process measurement, process control, process optimization, etc. The capability levels range from 0 (incomplete) to 5 (optimizing), indicating the degree of maturity and effectiveness of an enterprise's information and technology governance and management processes. The governance and management objectives are the statements of what an enterprise wants to achieve in terms of its information and technology governance. The governance and management objectives are derived from the enterprise goals, which are the high-level statements of what an enterprise wants to achieve in terms of its mission, vision, values, strategy, etc. By considering the size of the enterprise when designing governance, an enterprise can target capability levels of governance and management objectives that are appropriate for its scale and magnitude of information and technology activities.This will also help to optimize its information and technology performance and value delivery12Reference:1: COBIT 2019 Design Guide: page 47-482: COBIT 2019 Process Assessment Model: page 11-13