Information is a key resource for all enterprises, and successful companies have recognised that the board and executives need to embrace IT like any significant part of their business. They realized that Business and IT functions must collaborate and work together, which implies to setup a robust approach in terms of governance and management.
COBIT 5 provides a comprehensive framework to assist companies in achieving their objectives in term of governance and management of IT. The approach focuses on 5 main principles :

Meeting the Stakeholders Needs Covering the Enterprise End-to-end Applying a Single Integrated Framework Enabling a Holistic Approach Separating Governance from Management