In using data for audits, quality assurance of our work is important.
In this episode, we discuss:
1. The four main QA steps
- Technical QA
- Functional QA
- Business QA (validation)
- Audit QA
2. Why we need a QA Plan
Link: This episode's web page (with full transcript)
About this podcast
The podcast for performance auditors and internal auditors focuses on data & risk. Hosted by Conor McGarrity and Yusuf Moolla. Produced by Risk Insights.
In this episode, we discuss FIVE major benefits of investing our time in preparing our data and checking its quality.
These include, in reverse order of importance:
1. Exploration during data prep to understand the data
2. Ensure the data is in the right format for analysis
3. Save time by avoiding incorrect conclusions
4. Confidence in the analysis and result
5. Identify important data related improvement opportunities
Link: This episode's web page (with full transcript)
About this podcast
The podcast for performance auditors and internal auditors that focuses on data & risk.
Hosted by Conor McGarrity and Yusuf Moolla. Produced by Risk Insights.
Morag (Senior Manager) and Gemma (Director) are Performance Auditors with Audit Scotland.
In this episode we discuss how they are using data in their audits, their experience in developing Audit Scotland's data capabilities, collaboration with other audit offices and what the future roadmap looks like.
We also discuss their focus on ensuring their reports meet their audience’s needs, and how data visualisations and charts are being used to communicate key messages.
Link: This episode's web page (with full transcript)
About this podcast
The podcast for performance auditors and internal auditors that focuses on data & risk.
Hosted by Conor McGarrity and Yusuf Moolla. Produced by Risk Insights.
In this episode, we discuss why it is important to focus on our audit objective when using data analysis in our audit.
We explore:
- Why a focus on the objective helps us measure success
- Why we should avoid rules based analysis
- How a focus on the objective helps us stay true to our audit mandate
- Cost benefit analysis when we find things that are not related to the audit
- Why a focus on the objective helps us in reporting on data quality or missing data
Link: This episode's web page (with full transcript)
About this podcast
The podcast for performance auditors and internal auditors that focuses on data & risk. Hosted by Conor McGarrity and Yusuf Moolla. Produced by Risk Insights.
Stephen leads the data science team within Performance Audit at VAGO, the Victorian Auditor General's Office. We discuss:
- What VAGO does
- Stephen's approach to helping auditors use data
- Why it's important for all performance auditors to have data skills
- How VAGO has used open data to improve transparency
You can reach out to Stephen via LinkedIn.
Links
- VAGO Audit Report – Measuring and reporting on service delivery with interactive dashboard for exploring Victorian department performance
- VAGO Audit Report – Accessibility of Tram Services with interactive map on the accessibility of Melbourne’s tram network
- VAGO Audit Report – Council Libraries which uses Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) to evaluate efficiency
- This episode's web page (with full transcript)
About this podcast
The podcast for performance auditors and internal auditors that focuses on data & risk.
Hosted by Conor McGarrity and Yusuf Moolla. Produced by Risk Insights.
