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Advice for Audits
Project audits are dreaded by most project managers and teams. There’s the long list of questions or processes to be assessed, and the mountain of documentation to be gathered to provide evidence of compliance and controls. Here are five helpful practices to calm your anxieties and make the most of a project audit.
Project audits are dreaded by most project managers and teams. There’s the long list of questions or processes to be assessed, and the mountain of documentation to be gathered to provide evidence of compliance and controls. Here are five helpful practices to calm your anxieties and make the most of a project audit.
1. Get Everyone Involved. It might be assumed that only the immediate project team or even a subset of the team needs to be involved a project audit, but if entire functions or processes are in scope, tangential persons or teams may need to participate.
2. Plan Early, Work Backwards. Audits often take longer than expected because policies and procedures are not formally documented. Hold a meeting to review the audit questionnaire; understand relevant requirements; and assess the need for documentation. A short project plan may be useful to communicate assignments and deadlines.
3. Be Concise and Precise. Auditors look for evidence of specific controls and procedures, but often need time to absorb unique…
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