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Auditing 2.0: Using Process Mining to Support Tomorrow's Auditor.

The article focuses on the use of process mining techniques to audit business process. It states that the auditing, which verifies business processes, can be facilitated with the use of process mining through access to event logs. It discusses that through the event logs, auditors can check the patt...

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Published in:Computer (00189162) Vol. 43; no. 3; pp. 90 - 94
Main Authors: van der Aalst, Wil M. P., van Hee, Kees M., van der Werf, Jan Martijn, Verdonk, Marc
Format: Article
Published: IEEE Mar2010
Subjects:
Auditing
Business
Auditors
Bottlenecks (Manufacturing)
Computers
Online Access:View this record in EBSCOhost
Summary:The article focuses on the use of process mining techniques to audit business process. It states that the auditing, which verifies business processes, can be facilitated with the use of process mining through access to event logs. It discusses that through the event logs, auditors can check the patterns of processes and nonconformances as well as use historic data for special cases. According to the article, the process can further be expanded to detect bottlenecks and provide suggestions for process improvement.