Agile Project Management, Assurance and Auditing: A practical guide for auditors, reviewers and project teams

By Christopher Wright

Agile Project Management, Assurance and Auditing – A practical guide for auditors, reviewers and project teams

Adopting the Agile methodology helps organisations develop the flexibility and adaptability necessary in such fast-paced environments. The use of Agile for non-IT projects – such as introducing new products, refurbishing retail outlets, and even planning and running audits – means that general auditors and other reviewers, as well as IT specialist auditors, need to understand Agile practices.

This guide provides an overview of Agile for auditors, reviewers and project teams

This guide covers:

• Agile project management audit objectives;
• The risks covered by each objective;
• What controls to expect and how these can be audited;
• Case studies illustrating Agile project initiation and high-level requirements; and
• Hints and tips for performing an audit review.

For experienced auditors and project management teams, this guide demonstrates how they can adapt and reuse audit skills that they may have gained during traditional waterfall, CRAMM (CCTA Risk Analysis and Management Method), or PRINCE2® implementation/audits. For those less experienced, it will encourage them to consider these good practices and their application to Agile audits.

An ideal introduction to Agile project management for auditors, project managers, Agile teams and students

• Language: English
• Publisher: itgovernance
• Release date: Mar 22, 2022
• ISBN: 9781787783577

Christopher Wright

Chris Wright is a qualified accountant and Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA) with over 30 years’ experience providing financial and IT advisory and risk management services. He worked for 16 years at KPMG, where he managed a number of IT due diligence reviews and was head of information risk training in the UK. He has also worked in a wide range of industry sectors including oil and gas, small and medium enterprises, public sector, aviation and travel. 

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