Project Management

1. A
Presentation
on
Project Audit
En. no: 09
Stream: MAM(Sem-V)
Presented by : Swati k.katba
Submitted to : Heena Ma’am
(Ass.Professor in smt. Shantaben Haribhai Gajera MBA Mahila
College)
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2. Introduction
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3. Project Audit
 A formal review of any aspect of a project.
 An audit is a systematic, independent,
documented assessment using standards and
set criteria.
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4. Purpose & Goals
• Customer impact/satisfaction
• Business/direct success
• Future potential
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5. The Project Audit- Approach
• The main purpose of an audit is to help achieve
the goals of the project
• All facets of the project are studied
• The strengths and weaknesses are identified
• Recommendations are prepared to help current
and future projects
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6. Project auditing
• Project auditing can be defined as the process of
detailed inspection of the management of a project,
its methodology, its techniques, its procedures, its
documents, its properties, its budgets, its expenses
and its level of completion.
• Project auditing can help you assess the current state
of a project, and tells you if your project management
processes are being followed.
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7. benefits
• A project audit provides an opportunity to
uncover the issues, concerns and challenges
encountered in the execution of a project.
• If done at the close of a project, a project audit
can be used to develop success criteria for
future projects by providing a forensic review.
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8. Depth of the Audit
• Time and money limit the depth of an audit
• Audits are distracting to those working on the
project
• A poor audit result will lower morale on the
project
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9. Types of Audits
• General Audit
• Detailed Audit
• Technical Audit
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10. Timing of the Audit
• All significant projects should be audited
• Larger projects may be audited several times
• An audit may also be conducted after the
project is over (post-project audits)
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11. Audit Information
1. Introduction
2. Current status
3. Future project status
4. Critical management issues
5. Risk management 11

12. Responsibilities of the Project Auditor
• Be honest and ethical
• Be independent
• Tell the whole truth
• Seek help for technical issues
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13. Conclusion
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14. Bibliography
• http://www.bia.ca/articles
• http://projektmanazer.cz
• http://www.projectauditor.com
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