Wednesday, August 27, 2008

Visualizing audit findings

At the end of audit analysis, the task is to put the findings into a cohesive framework. The report needs to be clear and concise but comprehensive enough that the auditee understands the problem and how it can be resolved. Sometimes what I like to do is to put the findings in a drawing. Should the findings all spin off of one large overarching problem or should the findings culminate one-after-one into a final effect like a fish bone diagram. When I researched blogs a weekend ago I came across this blog. The writer also posts on the Freakonomics blog at the New York Times. In the future I think I'll see if I can apply her methods to bring sense to an audit.

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