1. IT audit should be involved in the process of any systems acquisition in order to provide advice and assistance in the aspects of identification of systems and vendors

2. It is critical that IT audit be informed of all systems development projects at the stage of project proposal

3. The initial stage in the systems acquisition process is the issuing of a .

4. The phase defines the functional requirements of the proposed system in sufficient detail to facilitate selection of the appropriate vendor package

5. Quality assurance of the Requirement Definition document rests within the and within the .

6. IT audit may have its own functional requirements to be included within the definition document since the system will eventually have to be .