ABSTRACT
It is the goal of this entry to provide an overview of the
topic “Software Project Audits and Management
Reviews.” To achieve this goal, the entry illustrates differ-
ent definitions of the underlying terminology. To extract
the essence of the various approaches, the entry then intro-
duces a road map of the core concepts and relationships
that together embody the field. This road map is organized
around six primary dimensions: scope, purpose, process,
participants, timing, and standards. The road map dimen-
sions are taken as the basis for discussing different aspects
of software project audits and management reviews. In the
end, the entry provides some heuristics that must be kept in
mind in the effective and efficient design and conduct of
software project audits and management reviews.
