The Opportunity Cost Of Putting New Systems In Place In Enterprises is
Over USD600 Billion Per Annum!
- Impractical Project Schedule
- Changing End User Needs
- Inaccurate Data Conversion
- Infeasible Implementation
- Improper Documentation Of Plan, Design And Maintenance
• CONDUCT the Audit
• SUMMARIZE the Audit
• PRESENT the Results
• DETERMINE the Action Plan
• SCHEDULE Follow-Up
System Development Audit
• PREVENT Unnecessary Development Costs
• REDUCE The Risk Of Creating Unneeded, Unwanted, Inefficient And Ineffective Systems
• ELIMINATE Current System’s Weak Points While Preserving Its Strengths
• DOCUMENT User Requirements
1. To What Extent Is The Project Management Team Responsible For Systems
Development?
2. Are The Requirements Documented, with Design And Maintenance
Compliant With Organization Standards?
3. Is the Internal Audit Team Involved During Systems Development Phases?
Despite attempts to change the Systems Development Process over the years, it is a sad fact that programmes and projects still FAIL to deliver the promised business benefit, or leave in their wake an expensive legacy of RE-WORK.
Have you ever seen a project business case factor in the costs of risk management, control and compliance?
WASTE NOT A SECOND MORE!
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This 14 HOURS Series consists of 3.5 hour series per day, which utilises virtual collaboration tools that will ENGAGE EACH AND EVERY PARTICIPANT. There will be PRACTICAL CASE STUDIES for each module to ensure EFFECTIVE TRANSFER of knowledge.
• CONNECT participants via the Virtual platform to “live” trainers, subject matter experts, and peers
• ENABLE multiple learning styles for an optimised training experience
• INCREASE training reach and effectiveness with two-way interaction and rich delivery content
• DRIVE consistency by communicating the same content to multiple viewers in disparate locations
- UNDERSTAND Audit’s Objectives, Audit’s Customer, Audit’s Roles And Responsibilities
- EXPLORE Systems Development Life Cycle
- KNOW the Importance of the Golden Rules
- DIFFERENTIATE Project Risk Vs Product Risk, and General Controls Vs Application
- UNDERSTAND The Problems, Pitfalls, And Solutions Involved In Systems Development
- BECOME More Actively Involve In Developments At Service Providers And Third Party Organisations (Including Cloud Service Providers)
- PREPARE Accurate Report More Effectively And Efficiently
- DELIVER Greater Business Benefit By More Focused Audit Involvement In Development Projects
- SLASH The Number Of Audit Man-hours That Are Wasted On Development Project Work
- ENSURE Deliverables That Will Provide Business With A Valuable Risk Profile Document At Implementation
- IMPLEMENT A Methodology That Will Provide Great Business Benefit
- SLASHING Wasteful Audit Man Hours In Fruitless Work That Provides Little Or No Business Benefit
- REASSESS Enterprise’s Risks In Dealing With Third Parties Are Protected By Effective Contractual Arrangements In The Often Neglected Areas Of Auditing And Risk Management
- STUDY Real Business Case Studies On The Importance Of Auditors' Involvement In Delivering Business Benefit
Hundreds of hours of research, study, planning and fine tuning go into the production of each of our GO-LIVE POWER PACKED SERIES. Our course developers have looked at your industry’s needs. This course reflects the latest findings and best practices in your field today and addresses issues up-to-the-minute. You will get tools, tips, strategies that are proven and tested against real world situations as you learn from case studies and the experience of our expert trainers. Our Virtual Series are comprehensive, in-depth, and packed with need-to-know information you can use as soon as you return to your workplace.
CHARLES MANSOUR
Charles Mansour is an Information Systems Audit, Security, IT Governance and Risk Specialist with over 35 years of experience. He reviewed COBIT 3rd & 4th edition, and his system background is supported by the NCC Certificate in Systems Analysis. He has worked with COBIT since its inception.
He has presented both at national and international conferences on a wide variety of risk, governance and control related subjects, and has authored many articles, including a chapter in the BBA Publication on E-Risk. He was the past president of Information Systems Audit and Control Association London Chapter, a body which he has been associated for over 12 years. He was having held that position from May 2002 until May 2004, and was a past member of the Information Systems Audit and Control Association International Membership Board from 2004 until 2007. In 1986, he joined the Woolwich Equitable Building Society as a Principal Computer Auditor where he was involved in the full range of IT Audit work, focusing on application audits, involvement in development systems, and security reviews.
Being with Standard Chartered Bank since 1988, he was involved in (largely remotely) managing a team of auditors in Hong Kong who were providing input to the implementation of Hogan banking systems in Hong Kong and Singapore.
He has been involved with ISACA since the early nineties and was London Chapter President from May 2002 until May 2004. He also served as a member of the ISACA International Membership Board from 2004 until 2007 and, as a CObIT® reviewer maintains an active interest in IT Governance.
From the year 2002 until now, he is a self-employed audit and risk consultant and since then he has presented Audit and Risk training courses in the UK, Europe, Africa the Middle East and the Far East as well as presenting at major IT Audit and Risk Conferences.
• Head of IT , IT Auditors and Auditors who are involved in Auditing, or reviewing the new or
current System Development
Projects
• System Development Auditors
• IT or IS Auditors
• Heads of Audit
• Audit Committee Members
• Audit Managers
• Audit Practitioners (External and Internal)
• Security Practitioners
• Governance, Risk and Compliance Practitioners
• Heads of IT
• Programme / Project Managers
• Project Office Staff
• Procurement Professionals
• Cloud Service Provider Liaison Managers
• Consultants
“This course helped me to have a better knowledge and exposure about the auditor roles in the IT system development.”
Information Technology, Bank Simpanan Nasional
“I have learnt to identify and use the right approaches to deal with different types of risks.”
Internal Audit Department, Dewan Bandaraya Kuala Lumpur
“I definitely will share the knowledge that I gained from this course to my colleague. This course is highly recommended.”
Information Technology, Dewan Bandaraya Kuala Lumpur
OUR VIRTUAL SERIES:
LIMITED TO 25 PARTICIPANTS PER SESSION.
