Introduction

The very term auditor and audit makes many of us feel uncomfortable. Many industries have independent inspectors and auditors. As function points become more widely used and become a more important part of decision making, those using the function point counts will want them independently reviewed and audited. Auditing is the process by which a competent, independent person accumulates and evaluates evidence about quantifiable information related to a specific entity for the purpose of determining and reporting on the degree of correspondence between the quantifiable information and established criteria.

Like other industries that have prescribed guidelines (such as accounting), independent auditors can provide valuable feedback on the actual function point count and the overall function point counting process. An function point auditor should be independent, but an auditor can be still be inside your company, perhaps part of your metrics team, or they can be an independent third party.

To do an audit of any kind, there must be information in a verifiable form and some standard (hopefully IFPUG 4.0) by which the auditor can evaluate the information. The auditor may go to the business premises to examine records and obtain information about the reliability of the function point counts. On the other hand, there may be adequate information that can be sent to the function point auditor that can be reviewed off site.

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