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    Course : Z0257 Accounting InformationSystem And Internal Control (2/2)

    !ecti"e #eriod : Se$tem%er 20&5

    System DocumentationTechnique

    Session 4

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    These slides have been adapted from:

    Romney B. Marshall and Steibart J. aul. !"#$"%.Accounting Information System. $"th edition. earson

    &ducation. 'ondon. (SB):*+,#"+-+4-+4.

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    Acknowledgement

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    What Is Documentation?

    Set of documents and models

    Narratives, data ow models, owcharts

    Describe who, what, why, when, and where ofsystems:

    Input, process, storage, output, and controls

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    Why Should +ou earn Documentation?

    +ou need to be able to read documentation in all its forms:narratives, diagrams, models'

    +ou need to be able to evaluate the -uality of systems,such as internal control based in part on documentation'

    S.S /0 re-uires independent auditors to understand allinternal control procedures' Documentation assists in auditor understanding and

    documentation of their understanding

    Sarbanes*12ley states that management: Is responsible for internal control system

    Is responsible for assessing the e3ectiveness of the ISystem

    4oth management and e2ternal auditors need to documentand test I System

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    Data 5low Diagrams

    6raphically describes the ow of data within a system

    5our basic elements

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    &ntity%rocess

    Data 5low

    Data Store

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    &ntity

    8epresents a source of data or input into the system

    or

    8epresents a destination of data or output from the

    system

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    Data 5lows

    ovement of data among:

    &ntities ;sources or destinations

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    Data Store

    8epresents data at rest

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    D5D reation 6uidelines

    @nderstand the system

    Ignore certain aspects ofthe system

    Determine system

    boundaries

    Develop a conte2t D5D

    Identify data ows

    6roup data ows

    Number each process

    Identify transformationalprocesses

    6roup transformationalprocesses

    Identify all data stores

    Identify all sources anddestinations

    abel all D5D elements

    Subdivide D5D

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    5lowcharts

    @se symbols to logically depict transaction processingand the ow of data through a system'

    @sing a pictorial representation is easier to understandand e2plain versus a detailed narrative'

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    5lowchart Symbol ategories

    InputA1utput

    %rocessing

    Storage

    iscellaneous

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    5low hart Symbol ategories

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