Agile Governance and Audit

CHAPTER 3: WHY DOESN’T MY AUDITOR/AGILE PROJECT TEAM UNDERSTAND ME?

Overview

I can be rude about auditors – I am one. As a Certified ScrumMaster I can also be rude about Agile project teams. Having been in meetings where both of these tribes meet, it strikes me that there can be mistrust and a lot of misunderstanding between the two. In this chapter we will consider:

• audit and Agile cultures.
• how can we have a successful audit?
• Conclusion.

Audit and Agile cultures

The overall purpose of a project audit, including Agile project audits, is to provide independent assurance to management that:

• the project is being run with appropriate governance to mitigate the risk of cost or time overruns or failure to meet the project’s objectives/key stakeholder ...