Compliance audit

A compliance audit is one of multiple types of audits or independent reviews of a project.

Quote These audits are usually performed by the project management office (PMO) to validate that the project is using the project management methodology properly. Usually the PMO has the authority to perform the audit but may not have the authority to enforce compliance. -- Kerzner, Harold. Project Management: A Systems Approach to Planning, Scheduling, and Controlling, 11th Edition. p 582.

Each organization may have its own standards and rules for projects. In addition, projects may have external laws and regulations, or professional standards for the domain, that must be followed.

Related: enterprise environmental factors, evaluating the level of project management

External links

• Project Audits: Verify Compliance and Validate Performance from ITtoolkit.com retrieved 2018-12-12.
• Rincon, I. D. (2010). My project should be compliant: what do I do now? Paper presented at PMI® Global Congress 2010—North America, Washington, DC. Newtown Square, PA: Project Management Institute.
• Project Audit Checklist Wichita State University.