These Discussion Papers are meant to stimulate sharing and innovation in the performance audit community.

 

What people are saying:

“Root cause analysis will help us craft more insightful recommendations."
  

– Neil Maxwell, Assistant Auditor General, Office of the Auditor General Canada

 

"Our new performance audit methodology emphasizes the importance of addressing the underlying causal factors that explain observed deficiencies as well as the impact of those deficiencies"
  

– Sheila Dodds, Assistant Auditor General, Office of the Auditor General of British Columbia

 

"Applying root cause analysis helped us to affirm and strengthen our findings and the importance of considering root cause in all phases of an audit"
  

– Terry Spicer, Assistant Auditor General, Office of the Auditor General of Nova Scotia