Agile Project Management, Assurance and Auditing - A practical guide for auditors, reviewers and project teams

CHAPTER 10: DOCUMENTATION FOR GOVERNANCE AND AUDIT

Overview

In this chapter, we will:

• Consider the objectives and principles of Agile governance;

• Review documentation required to achieve these principles;

• Provide an overview internal audit programme for governance review; and

• Provide a conclusion.

Agile governance objectives and principles

Governance of projects is the control mechanism used by the organisation’s senior management to ensure:

• The investments of time, money and technology into the project generate real business value;

• There are no undesired outcomes from the project or its products (e.g. major disruption to customer ...