• Such audits help keep projects on target by, for example, limiting the ability of managers to
divert project funds (without authorization) to other uses.
• The post-audit provides a formal mechanism (feedback) for determining whether existing
projects should be continued, expanded, or terminated. That is, the post-audit provides valuable information that can be used to correct problems before the success of an investment is undermined.
• The process of conducting post-audits helps improve the quality of future investment proposals;
since managers know that project results will be evaluated, there is an incentive for managers to make accurate estimates rather than presenting overly optimistic estimates in an effort to get projects approved.
• The feedback from post-audits allows top management to identify the biases of individual
managers; such information can be used to improve the future capital-budgeting process.