Using Periodic Audits to Prevent Catastrophic Project Failure

Following this debate, Paul Dorsey makes the case for independent periodic audits of all major IT projects. This, it is said, will effect a major reduction in the level of IT failures which all entities across the globe suffer. As Paul concludes, stopping from time to time, stepping back and asking “Is this system ever going to work?” is the key to not being surprised by a massive system failure.
Using Periodic Audits to Prevent Catastrophic Project Failure

Volume 2 of International Journal on Governmental Financial Management Available

Volume 2 in now available. Articles in the Journal include:

• The State of Budget Transparency Worldwide, Vivek Ramkumar
• International Public Sector Accounting Standards Board Review the Cash Basis IPSAS: An Opportunity to Influence Developments, Paul Sutcliffe
• The Cash Basis IPSAS – An Alternative View, Michael Parry and Andy Wynne
• Using Periodic Audits to Prevent Catastrophic Project Failure, Paul Dorsey
• Framework for Evaluating Internal Controls over Financial Reporting in Sovereign Governments, Jawahar Thakur and Nalin Kumar Srivastava
• Short-Comings of Government Financial Management: A Generational Accounting Critique, Liyan Tang and Paul J M Klumpes
• Investigating the Governmental Accounting Reform of Greek National Health System: Some Preliminary Evidence, Filippos Stamatiadis
• Nigeria’s Economic Competitiveness in the African Context, John C Anyanwu and Andrew E O Erhijakpor
• Literature Review

2009 Vol 2 IJGFM