Workflow for audit collaboration in the field

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Workpapers CS  provides the flexibility for staff to perform audit tasks in the field based on the network configuration in which they are working.

The following workflow illustrates the various methods that audit staff can use to complete audit work in the field.

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SMART Practice
Aids Audit
collaboration
in the field
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Perform fieldwork via Virtual Office CS or Software as a Service (SaaS), or terminal server.
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Will you be working
in the field?
Will you be working<div>in the field?</div>
Yes
Yes
Perform fieldwork via the Fieldwork Utility in a peer-to-peer network.
Perform fieldwork via the Fieldwork Utility in a peer-to-peer network.
Disconnect / Return workpapers
Disconnect / Return workpapers
Perform fieldwork in the disconnected workpapers and then return it to fieldwork laptop when complete.
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Complete audit work at the office
Complete audit work at the office
No
No
Will you have
internet access?
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Will you need
access to the
Trial Balance?
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Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
No
Are you using
SMART
Pracitice Aids?
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No
No
No
No

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