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The Perceived Usage Scenario’s of Continuous Monitoring, Continuous Auditing and Continuous Assurance: an Explorative Study

Authors:
Martijn Zoet
Koen Smit
Eric Mantelaers

Keywords: usage scenarios; continuous monitoring; continuous auditing; continuous assurance

Abstract:
Continuous monitoring, continuous auditing and continuous assurance are three methods that utilize a high degree of business intelligence and analytics. The increased interest in the three methods has led to multiple studies that analyze each method or a combination of methods from a micro-level. However, limited studies have focused on the perceived usage scenarios of the three methods from a macro level through the eyes of the end-user. In this study, we bridge the gap by identifying the different usage scenarios for each of the methods according to the end-users, the accountants. Data has been collected through a survey, which is analyzed by applying a nominal analysis and a process mining algorithm. Results show that respondents indicated 13 unique usage scenarios, while not one of the three methods is included in all of the 13 scenarios, which illustrates the diversity of opinions in accountancy practice in the Netherlands.

Pages: 75 to 80

Copyright: Copyright (c) IARIA, 2020

Publication date: March 22, 2020

Published in: conference

ISSN: 2308-4375

ISBN: 978-1-61208-765-8

Location: Valencia, Spain

Dates: from November 21, 2020 to November 25, 2020