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Audit Step: 2.A.1.1 Has a User Requirements document been prepared and released? Does it include the following expression of need in terms of the organization's mission:
Note: See Gane and Sarson, Appendix I, Item 22, contains further areas of investigation concerning user requirements.
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Audit Step: 2.A.2.1 Has the User Requirements document been reviewed by the Steering Committee/Sign Off Authorities?
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Audit Step: 2.A.2.2 Have steps been taken by the project team to identify and consult all affected parties?
Audit Step: 2.A.3.1 Has a Technological Feasibility Study been prepared and documented?
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Audit Step: 2.A.3.2 Review the technology feasibility report to see if it has adequately addressed:
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Audit Step: 2.A.3.3 Verify that there is a consensus among user departments and designers concerning the technological aspects of the system's configuration.
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Audit Step: 2.A.3.4 Determine the organizational capability to manage the related technologies and to decide whether the technologies should be developed or bought, operated in-house or out, and maintained in-house or out.
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Audit Step: 2.A.3.5 Confirm with independent sources the reliability and track record of the recommended hardware and software.
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Audit Step: 2.A.4.1 Has the Feasibility Study document been reviewed by the Steering Committee/Sign Off Authorities?
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Audit Step: 2.A.4.2 Have steps been taken by the project team to identify and consult all affected parties?
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Audit Step: 2.A.5.1 Has a Cost/Benefit document been prepared and released? Are all costs identified as operating or capital?
Note: Information from the Advisory Committee on Information Management (ACIM) committees should also be used as reference material at this point in the audit.
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Audit Step: 2.A.5.2 Ensure that the analysis of the project costs and benefits was prepared to evaluate the economic feasibility of each alternative:
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Audit Step: 2.A.5.3 Ensure that the analysis of the project costs and benefits takes into consideration the impact on human resources. Verify that estimated costs for each alternative includes:
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Audit Step: 2.A.6.1 Has the Cost/Benefit document been reviewed by the Steering Committee/Sign Off Authorities?
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Audit Step: 2.A.6.2 Have steps been taken by the project team to identify and consult all affected parties?
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Audit Step: 2.A.7.1 Has the Project Manager prepared a Personnel Skills Summary?
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Audit Step: 2.A.7.2 Does the Personnel Skills Summary address the following:
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Audit Step: 2.A.7.3 Does the Project documentation show that the skills of the staff employed on the project (as Team Members or Steering Committee/Sign Off Authority members) meet the requirements specified in the Personnel Skills Summary?
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Audit Step: 2.A.8.1 Has a Steering Committee Meeting Schedule document been prepared and released to all interested parties, including EDP and user management?
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Audit Step: 2.A.8.2 Review the minutes of the Committee meetings and note the following:
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Audit Step: 2.A.9.1 Has a Feasibility Stage Status document been prepared and released?
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Audit Step: 2.A.9.2 Verify that it contains at least the following:
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Audit Step: 2.A.9.3 Verify actual resources used in the source documents.
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Audit Step: 2.A.9.4 Verify that the updated budget and schedule are in keeping with the feasibility study and cost/benefit analysis.
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Audit Step: 2.A.10.1 Has the Feasibility Stage Status document been reviewed by the Steering Committee/Sign Off Authorities? Have they confirmed its acceptance?
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Audit Step: 2.A.10.2 Have steps been taken by the project team to identify and consult all affected parties?
Note: The auditor is likely to find that the Cost/Benefit Analysis and the Feasibility Stage Status documents are combined. In any event, management acceptance of the cost/benefit analysis recommendation will be tantamount to accepting the updated budget. The updated schedule is a different matter.
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Audit Step: 2.B.1.1 Does the Feasibility Study identify the need for a System Processing Controls Specifications or similar document?
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Audit Step: 2.B.2.1 Determine that a statement of the level of security, privacy and accessibility needed for system's data conforms to the TB policies (see Appendix J for a list of relevant documents) or government Acts, and that the statement is included with the documentation to be reviewed by the Steering Committee/Sign Off Authorities.
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Audit Step: 2.C.1.1 Does the Feasibility Study identify the need for a System Management Controls Specifications or similar document?
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