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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 may seem like inquisitions. To get through the ordeal, the project manager and team members being reviewed should recognize that any questions that cannot be answered positively, or requirements that cannot be immediately filled, provide an opportunity to tighten up controls or improve processes. Documentation and process controls created during the initial audit phase and/or remediation steps completed after the audit can lead to cost savings, revenue generation or improved information security.
Having been involved on both sides of the table as a management consultant reviewing several functional and IT processes and controls, and as a project manager subjected to multiple client project audits, I keep these five points in mind throughout an audit:
1) Get Everyone Involved
2) Plan Early and Work Backwards
3) Be Concise, Be Precise and Be Finished
4) Document, Document, Document
5) Neatness Really Does Matter
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