AUDITING SYSTEMS DEVELOPMENT Introduction And Overview

COURSE ADMINISTRATION Course administrator Messages Ladies/Gents washrooms Lunch, tea and coffee Smoking Delegate/trainee introductions Course evaluation sheets Groups

Module objectives To learn how information systems are - planned designed and developed, and brought into operation To understand the audit issues

Topics to be covered IT project failures Feasibility and project initiation Specification and procurement Design, development System building and acceptance testing System implementation The Post Implementation Review Rapid Application Development (“RAD”)

System development The Feasibility Study Strategic Planning for IS/IT covered in IT methods Life-cycle Review and update Develop/procure and implement

Approaches The “Waterfall” - Rapid Application Development (“RAD”) traditional ‘step by step’ approach fully specified systems Rapid Application Development (“RAD”) iteration (“suck it and see”) 80/20 rule on functionality extensive use of CASE

The Waterfall Specify needs Design Develop Test Implement Fix

Rapid Application Development Feasibility study Iterates Functional model Implement Iterates Design & build Iterates

Summary Module aims to provide an understanding of the audit issues........ but , difficult judgements are involved the Waterfall approach Rapid Application Development