Control Self Assessment and Audit Planning Course

Apply control self-assessment to map risks, evaluate controls, facilitate workshops and build a focused risk-based audit plan.

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Control Self Assessment and Audit Planning Course

Training Outlines

Introduction

Control self-assessment creates value when process owners examine their risks and controls with structure, evidence and constructive challenge. Poorly designed exercises can become subjective compliance checklists; effective programmes reveal control gaps, strengthen ownership and provide useful intelligence for assurance planning.

This five-day course connects control self-assessment with risk-based audit planning. Participants will map objectives, risks and controls; design workshops and questionnaires; assess evidence; and translate results into a prioritised audit universe. Facilitation exercises develop the judgement needed to preserve management ownership while maintaining credible challenge and assurance independence.

Objectives

By the end of this course, participants will be able to:

Define an effective control self-assessment framework.
Map objectives, risks and controls.
Design evidence-based assessment criteria.
Facilitate productive CSA workshops.
Evaluate control design and operation.
Convert CSA results into risk intelligence.
Prioritise a risk-based audit universe.
Build a defensible annual audit plan.

Course Content

Day 1: Control Self-Assessment Foundations

CSA purpose and value
Governance, ownership and accountability
CSA methods and delivery models
Assurance independence and constructive challenge
Scope and assessment criteria
CSA maturity diagnostic

Day 2: Risk and Control Mapping

Objectives and process context
Risk identification and articulation
Preventive and detective controls
Control design and ownership
Residual risk evaluation
Risk-control mapping laboratory

Day 3: Designing and Facilitating Assessments

Workshop and questionnaire design
Participant selection and preparation
Facilitation and group dynamics
Evidence, scoring and calibration
Bias, optimism and challenge
Facilitated CSA simulation

Day 4: Risk-Based Audit Planning

Audit universe design
Risk assessment criteria
Data sources and assurance intelligence
Prioritisation and coverage decisions
Resources, timing and competencies
Audit-plan prioritisation workshop

Day 5: Integration and Continuous Assurance

CSA result validation
Issue escalation and action tracking
Assurance mapping and coordination
Dynamic risk and plan updates
Governance reporting and performance measures
Capstone integrated assurance plan

Training Locations

This Control Self Assessment and Audit Planning Course is available in multiple cities. Please select your preferred location from the list below

Durrës

Albania

Tirana

Albania

Andorra la Vella

Andorra

Escaldes-Engordany

Andorra

Innsbruck

Austria

Salzburg

Austria

Vienna

Austria

Gomel

Belarus

Minsk

Belarus

Antwerp

Belgium

Brussels

Belgium

Banja Luka

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Sarajevo

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Plovdiv

Bulgaria

Sofia

Bulgaria

Dubrovnik

Croatia

Split

Croatia

Zagreb

Croatia

Limassol

Cyprus

Nicosia

Cyprus

Brno

Czech Republic

Prague

Czech Republic

Aarhus

Denmark

Copenhagen

Denmark

Tallinn

Estonia

Tartu

Estonia

Helsinki

Finland

Tampere

Finland

Lyon

France

Marseille

France

Nice

France

Paris

France

Berlin

Germany

Frankfurt

Germany

Hamburg

Germany

Munich

Germany

Athens

Greece

Thessaloniki

Greece

Budapest

Hungary

Debrecen

Hungary

Akureyri

Iceland

Reykjavík

Iceland

Jakarta

Indonesia

Cork

Ireland

Dublin

Ireland

Florence

Italy

Milan

Italy

Naples

Italy

Rome

Italy

Osaka

Japan

Tokyo

Japan

Pristina

Kosovo

Prizren

Kosovo

Liepāja

Latvia

Riga

Latvia

Schaan

Liechtenstein

Vaduz

Liechtenstein

Kaunas

Lithuania

Vilnius

Lithuania

Esch-sur-Alzette

Luxembourg

Luxembourg City

Luxembourg

Kuala Lumpur

Malaysia

Malé

Maldives

St. Julian's

Malta

Valletta

Malta

Bălți

Moldova

Chișinău

Moldova

La Condamine

Monaco

Monte Carlo

Monaco

Budva

Montenegro

Podgorica

Montenegro

Amsterdam

Netherlands

Rotterdam

Netherlands

The Hague

Netherlands

Abuja

Nigeria

Lagos

Nigeria

Port Harcourt

Nigeria

Ohrid

North Macedonia

Skopje

North Macedonia

Bergen

Norway

Oslo

Norway

Gdańsk

Poland

Kraków

Poland

Warsaw

Poland

Faro

Portugal

Lisbon

Portugal

Porto

Portugal

Bucharest

Romania

Cluj-Napoca

Romania

City of San Marino

San Marino

Serravalle

San Marino

Belgrade

Serbia

Novi Sad

Serbia

Singapore

Bratislava

Slovakia

Košice

Slovakia

Bled

Slovenia

Ljubljana

Slovenia

Incheon

South Korea

Seoul

South Korea

Barcelona

Spain

Madrid

Spain

Valencia

Spain

Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte

Sri Lanka

Gothenburg

Sweden

Stockholm

Sweden

Bern

Switzerland

Geneva

Switzerland

Zurich

Switzerland

Kaohsiung

Taiwan

Taipei

Taiwan

Ankara

Turkey

Istanbul

Turkey

Kyiv

Ukraine

Lviv

Ukraine

Odesa

Ukraine

Dubai

United Arab Emirates

Birmingham

United Kingdom

Edinburgh

United Kingdom

London

United Kingdom

Manchester

United Kingdom

Rome (Vatican-adjacent)

Vatican City

Training Schedule

Below is the table of cities along with the respective dates for the upcoming training sessions of Control Self Assessment and Audit Planning Course. Please review the schedule to find the most convenient option for you. You can also use the below search bar to type the city name and filter the results.