ITPEC FE Subject A October 2025 Question 45

When auditing the system design phase to reduce the risk of user requirements not being met, the key checkpoint is whether the user department participates in the review of the system design documents.

User involvement during design review ensures their requirements are accurately reflected before development begins.

Why not others:
- (a) Whether programming follows conventions — this is a programming-phase check, not system design
- (b) Whether program specs are based on system design docs — this is a programming design check about document traceability
- (c) Whether the test plan is based on system test requirements — this is a testing/acceptance-phase check

Key rule: Each SDLC phase has phase-appropriate audit points; during system design, the critical control is user department participation in design reviews.

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