Question 340
During a routine controls assessment at a regional hospital, the IS auditor learns that the business case counts license savings but omits migration and support cost. The affected operation supports patient-care scheduling and claims processing. Healthcare service continuity and protected records are at stake. Where should the audit team focus its principal finding?
Explanation
Correct Answer
Correct. Unverified cost, feasibility or benefit assumptions can justify a project that fails to deliver enterprise value. The described exception is: the business case counts license savings but omits migration and support cost. This risk ties the observation to the business significance of patient-care scheduling and claims processing, rather than treating management's claim as independent assurance.
Incorrect Answers
Premature implementation can expose users to failures that realistic readiness and acceptance testing would have detected. The configuration must instead establish evidence appropriate to the audit conclusion.
Projects may proceed with unapproved scope, unmanaged risk or unverified business accountability. It changes a different feature than evidence appropriate to the audit conclusion.
Missing input, processing, authorization or monitoring controls can allow inaccurate or unauthorized business transactions. That change would not implement evidence appropriate to the audit conclusion.