Audience
This course is for audit/assurance, IT managers, project managers, consultants, information security, configuration management, software maintenance, business analysis, software designers and executive managers.
Prerequisites
Delegates should have worked on at least one major IT system in a development operational or audit capacity.
Duration
4 days.
Note: This course can be delivered as a two day event focussed on any one individual module listed in Specialist Subjects.
This course is available on site only. Please call for details.
Course Objectives
This course will enable delegates to conduct both high level and detailed audits on the entire Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC) from requirements specification through to implementation and the supporting disciplines of project management, quality assurance, configuration management and documentation.
Course Content
Creating the Audit
Benefits of an IT Audit.
COBIT and IEEE Standards.
Audit Questionnaires.
Customising the Questions.
Specialist Subjects
The Software Requirements Specification (SRS) using the IEEE software engineering Standard 830-1998.
Software Design Descriptions (SDDs) based on IEEE software engineering standard 1016-1998.
The Software Configuration Management Plan (SCMP) using IEEE standards 828-1998.
Software Development Lifecycle using relevant IEEE software engineering standards.
Software Maintenance to IEEE software engineering standards 1219-1998.
Software Quality Assurance using IEEE software engineering standard 730-2002.
The Software Verification and Validation (V&V) Processes to meet IEEE software engineering standard 1012-1998.
Implementing the Audit
Benefits of an IT Audit.
Supporting Evidence.
Developing a Remediation plan.
Implementing the Remediation plan.
Continuous Improvement Plan.