Software Audit Review
A Software Audit Review is a software review that is an independent examination of a software product, software process, or set of software processes to assess compliance with software criteria (such as specifications, standards, and contractual agreements).
- Context:
- It can range from being an Internal Software Audit to being an External Software Audit.
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- See: Compliance (Regulation), Software Review, Software Development, Software Peer Review, Software Management Review.
References
2022
- (Wikipedia, 2022) ⇒ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Software_audit_review Retrieved:2022-1-24.
- A software audit review, or software audit, is a type of software review in which one or more auditors who are not members of the software development organization conduct "An independent examination of a software product, software process, or set of software processes to assess compliance with specifications, standards, contractual agreements, or other criteria". [1] "Software product" mostly, but not exclusively, refers to some kind of technical document. IEEE Std. 1028 offers a list of 32 "examples of software products subject to audit", including documentary products such as various sorts of plan, contracts, specifications, designs, procedures, standards, and reports, but also non-documentary products such as data, test data, and deliverable media.
Software audits are distinct from software peer reviews and software management reviews in that they are conducted by personnel external to, and independent of, the software development organization, and are concerned with compliance of products or processes, rather than with their technical content, technical quality, or managerial implications.
The term "software audit review" is adopted here to designate the form of software audit described in IEEE Std. 1028.
- A software audit review, or software audit, is a type of software review in which one or more auditors who are not members of the software development organization conduct "An independent examination of a software product, software process, or set of software processes to assess compliance with specifications, standards, contractual agreements, or other criteria". [1] "Software product" mostly, but not exclusively, refers to some kind of technical document. IEEE Std. 1028 offers a list of 32 "examples of software products subject to audit", including documentary products such as various sorts of plan, contracts, specifications, designs, procedures, standards, and reports, but also non-documentary products such as data, test data, and deliverable media.
2021
- https://whatis.techtarget.com/definition/software-audit
- QUOTE: A software audit is an internal or external review of a software program to check its quality, progress or adherence to plans, standards and regulations.
Software audits may be conducted for a number of reasons, including:
- Verifying licensing compliance.
- Monitoring for quality assurance (QA).
- Compliance with industry standards.
- Satisfying legal requirements.
- For the organization, internal audits can be useful for improving efficiency, catching inactive licenses that can be dropped and finding problems before they can become licensing or regulatory issues in a third-party review. Third-party review typically focuses on software used beyond licensed rights, and external reviewers also won’t usually care if some licenses are unused. These different priorities mean it is advisable for an organization to conduct internal reviews prior to external audits.
- QUOTE: A software audit is an internal or external review of a software program to check its quality, progress or adherence to plans, standards and regulations.