Auditability of software: a survey of techniques and costs

  • Authors:
  • Ira R. Weiss

  • Affiliations:
  • -

  • Venue:
  • MIS Quarterly
  • Year:
  • 1980

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Abstract

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.