Agile Governance and Audit

Christopher Wright is a former qualified accountant, Certified Information Systems Auditor and Certified ScrumMaster™ with over 30 years’ experience providing financial and IT advisory and risk management services. For 16 years, he worked at KPMG, where he was head of information risk training in the UK and also ran training courses overseas, including in India and throughout mainland Europe. He managed a number of major IS audit and risk assignments, including project risk and business control reviews. He has worked in a wide range of industry sectors, including oil and gas, the public sector, aviation, and travel. For the past eight years, he has been an independent consultant specialising in financial, SOX and operational controls for major ERP implementations, mainly at oil and gas/utilities enterprises. He is an international speaker and trainer on Agile audit and governance.

• 1. Introduction to Agile2. Agile versus Waterfall3. Why Doesn’t My Auditor/Agile Project Team Understand Me?4. Project Initiation and Risk Assessment5. Case Study - PID and Risk Assessment6. High-Level Requirements7. Case Study for High-Level Requirements8. Building and Testing9. Handover to the Business10. Documentation for Governance and Audit11. Top Tips to Take-Away.

Needed a crash course on SCRUM/Agile and how to audit them as I got a new job in this area. Really enjoyed Chris' style and approach, very direct and no fluff. So far this book is paying handsomely and it is making me look good already at my new job. Thanks Chris!