The aspects of internal audit operations that SAS No. 65
recommends for consideration relate to how well the
internal audit department as a whole has planned, assigned
staff, supervised, documented, and reported. When
external auditors evaluate internal auditing on recurring
engagements, they will likely need to re-assess internal
auditors’ personal qualifications more so than characteristics
relating to internal audit department operations because
internal audit personnel will probably change more
often than internal audit operations.