CAATs Design, Implementation and Documentation Session 12
Systematic, structured approach to writing CAATs recommended Designing CAATs Systematic, structured approach to writing CAATs recommended Audit plan translated into specific audit queries Audit queries formulated in “pseudocode” Pseudocode translated into computer syntax
Documentation Requirements Planning Stage Business case for CAATs Audit Plan System/ Data Documentation CAATs and Data Downloading Plans
Documentation Requirements (Contd.) Implementation Stage Audit Trail of Data Downloading and Data Integrity Verification Trail of Audit Queries and Results Analysis of Results Supplementary tests for corroboration Management comments/ responses Electronic archiving of data, queries and results