Exam 12: Project Auditing

In the audit report, negative comments about individuals or groups associated with the project should be __________.

Identification of the direct goals of a project requires __________.

During the initiation project stage, project audits/evaluations can provide significant value if the audit takes place early, prior to __________ completion of the initial planning stage.

All issues that the auditor feels require close monitoring by senior management should be included in this section of an audit report.

Identification of the ancillary goals of a project requires __________ because; for the most part the goals were not overtly identified.

The __________ dimension of project success is measured primarily in terms of the level of commercial success and market share. For internal projects, however, the factors might include such measures as yields, cycle times, processing steps, quality, and so on.

A formal inquiry into some issue or aspect of a system is known as a(n)__________.

A primary purpose of evaluation is to help translate the achievement of the project's goals into a contribution to the parent organization's direct goals. List some potential benefits that could be applied to ongoing and future projects from recommendations obtained from such an evaluation.

Discuss some of the problems associated with finding the ancillary goals of a project.

The __________ section of the audit report contains the auditor's conclusions regarding progress together with recommendations for any changes in technical approach, schedule, or budget that should be made in the remaining tasks.

The most straightforward dimension of project success is the project's __________ in meeting both budget and schedule.

The project audit covers __________.