Auditability of Software: A Survey of Techniques and Costs.

Author List: Weiss, Ira R.;

MIS Quarterly, 1980, Volume 4, Issue 4, Page 39-50.

Numerous techniques have been identified to assist EDP auditors in accomplishing audit objectives. Within this realm a major issue of interest is identifying methodologies to monitor the reliability and integrity of production software. This article presents a number of available techniques to audit software, and evaluates each on the basis of development cost, operational cost, appropriate timing of usage, and effectiveness.

Keywords: auditability of software; EDP auditing; software integrity; software reliability

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#58	0.209	internal external audit auditing results sources closure auditors study control bridging appears integrity manager effectiveness auditor controls facilitating boundaries potential
#232	0.173	software development product functionality period upgrade sampling examines extent suggests factors considered useful uncertainty previous called complementarities greater cost present
#151	0.100	costs cost switching reduce transaction increase benefits time economic production transactions savings reduction impact services reduced affect expected optimal associated
#60	0.095	analysis techniques structured categories protocol used evolution support methods protocols verbal improve object-oriented difficulties analyses category benchmark comparison provided recognition
#63	0.092	mis problems article systems management edp managers organizations ;br> data survey application examines need experiences recent organization reports departments oriented