Description:
Auditors need to analyze data using a variety of tools and techniques to assess performance, risks, activity, compliance, cause, and effect. This course presents analytical techniques that auditors and analysts can use to identify and graphically assess and demonstrate conditions, performance, and components to assess causes and identify solutions for effective findings and recommendations. The objective is to present the quantitative and qualitative techniques, discuss their uses, illustrate their applications, and provide practice in applying them. This course contains practical case exercises that can be completed using Microsoft Excel. If available, please bring a laptop containing Excel software to class with you. If you do not have access to a laptop, or you do not have a basic knowledge of Excel, the exercises can be completed using a hand calculator. This course is part of the Certified Government Auditor (CGA) program, Level 1.
Duration:
2 days
Level:
Foundational
Who Should Attend?
Auditors with performance auditing experience.
Credits:
12 CPEsLearning Outcomes:
- Describe each analytical technique and its specific use.
- Explain the steps in applying each technique.
- Apply each technique to one or more case exercises, following the steps for preparing the analysis and interpreting the results.
- Select when to use specific analysis techniques.
Available Sessions:
| Guaranteed-to-Go | Session Code | Start Date | End Date | Location | Tuition | |
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Guaranteed-to-Go
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Session Code AUDT7900-003 | Start Date May 28, 2025 9:00 AM EST | End Date May 29, 2025 5:00 PM EST | Location Virtual | Tuition $899.00 | |
| Guaranteed-to-Go | Session Code AUDT7900-004 | Start Date Jul 24, 2025 9:00 AM EST | End Date Jul 25, 2025 5:00 PM EST | Location Virtual | Tuition $899.00 | |
| Guaranteed-to-Go | Session Code AUDT7900-005 | Start Date Aug 18, 2025 9:00 AM EST | End Date Aug 19, 2025 5:00 PM EST | Location Virtual | Tuition $899.00 | |
| Guaranteed-to-Go | Session Code AUDT7900-006 | Start Date Sep 03, 2025 9:00 AM EST | End Date Sep 04, 2025 5:00 PM EST | Location Virtual | Tuition $899.00 | |
| Guaranteed-to-Go | Session Code AUDT7900-001 | Start Date Sep 23, 2025 9:00 AM EST | End Date Sep 24, 2025 5:00 PM EST | Location Virtual | Tuition $899.00 | |
| Guaranteed-to-Go | Session Code AUDT7900-002 | Start Date Dec 01, 2025 9:00 AM EST | End Date Dec 02, 2025 5:00 PM EST | Location Virtual | Tuition $899.00 |
- Module 1 Introduction to Analysis Techniques
- Module 2 Run Chart Analysis
- Module 3 Control Chart Analysis
- Module 4 Radar Chart
- Module 5 Histogram
- Module 6 Cause and Effect Diagram
- Module 7 Analyzing the Cause of Performance Problems
- Module 8 Scatter Diagram
- Module 9 Sequence Flow Chart
- Module 10 Force Field Analysis
- Module 11 Selecting Analysis Techniques
Other Recommended Courses:
- Data Analytics: Tool and Techniques (AUDT8913)
- Auditing with Data Analytics (AUDT8100)
- Practical Statistical Sampling for Auditors (AUDT8112)
- Using Metrics to Assess Performance (AUDT8027)
- Data Collection Methods (PGMT8011)
- Cost-Benefit Analysis Workshop (PGMT8100)
- Auditing Performance Outcomes (AUDT9012)
- Introduction to Program Evaluation (PGMT7003)
