International Standard on Assurance Engagements

Using Assurance Models in IT Audit Engagements

The document describes an innovative way to assess the effectiveness of internal IT controls where the control framework is first captured in the models and then the models are used to analyse the evidence gathered from the IT environment. The aim is to lift the risk and control management lifecycle from a series of people based processes to one where model based technology enhances, connects a...

British standard (BS) 5750--quality assurance?

BS5750 is the British Standard on "Quality Systems". Its equivalent in European Standards is EN29000 and in the International Standards Organisation ISO9000. This paper points out that these standards lay down formalised procedures and require documentation but do not ipso facto lead to quality assurance. The author points to the Japanese post-war industrial success as being an example of Total...

International developments in newborn screening quality assurance.

The five dimensions of quality are Accessibility, Acceptability, Effectiveness, Efficiency and Safety. A newborn screening program consists of a number of interlinked parts, not usually managed by the same individual, and the quality of the program is dependent on the quality of program planning, specimen collection, laboratory testing and follow up, diagnosis and treatment. Outcome assessment ...

International standard for haemoglobinometry.

Lanchester Models of Guerrilla Engagements