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-SOX Compliance and Technology Options52 days?1/1/20073/13/2007
-SOX Compliance Review Preparation4 days?1/1/20071/4/2007
Meeting with the external audit firm1 day?1/1/20071/1/2007External Auditing Firm
Define SOX compliance review roles and responsibilities1 day?1/2/20071/2/20072External Auditing Firm,CFO,Internal Audit Director
Define SOX compliance review and decision processes1 day?1/2/20071/2/20073SSExternal Auditing Firm,CFO,Internal Audit Director
Create SOX compliance review project plan1 day?1/3/20071/3/20074External Auditing Firm,CFO,Internal Audit Director
Conduct kickoff meeting1 day?1/4/20071/4/20075External Auditing Firm,CFO,Internal Audit Director
SOX Compliance Review Preparation Completed0 days1/4/20071/4/20076
-Initiation and Scope5 days?1/5/20071/11/2007
Determine the systems and processes that are in scope0 days?1/5/20071/5/20074,6Accounting,SOX Compliance Team
Build communications plan for project participants and stakeholders1 day?1/5/20071/8/20079SOX Compliance Team
Identify SOX training requirements for project participants1 day?1/8/20071/9/200710SOX Compliance Team
Define project plan, key milestones, budget, and key project participants1 day?1/9/20071/10/200711SOX Compliance Team
Define project progress reporting and structure for senior management1 day?1/10/20071/11/200712SOX Compliance Team
Project Initiation Complete0 days1/11/20071/11/200713
-Review and Identify Improvement Opportunities24 days?1/11/20072/13/2007
-Perform Risk Assessment4 days?1/11/20071/16/2007
Review and confirm risk factors1 day?1/11/20071/12/200714SOX Compliance Team
Validate probability and impact of risk factors1 day?1/12/20071/15/200717SOX Compliance Team
Estimate and validate size and complexity of risk factors1 day?1/15/20071/16/200718SOX Compliance Team
-Identify Significant Accounts and Internal Controls2 days?1/16/20071/17/2007
Identify and validate application controls over the initiating, recording, processing, and reporting1 day?1/16/20071/17/200719SOX Compliance Team
-Confirm General IT Controls3 days?1/17/20071/19/2007
Review Security Policies and Procedures1 day?1/17/20071/18/200721IT Network & Infrastructure Team,SOX Compliance Team
-Review Change Management Policies and Procedures2 days?1/17/20071/18/2007
Review version management/release management procedures1 day?1/17/20071/18/200723SSIT Applications Team,IT Network & Infrastructure Team,SOX Compliance Team
Review source code/document version control procedures1 day?1/17/20071/18/200723SSIT Applications Team,IT Network & Infrastructure Team,SOX Compliance Team
Review Disaster Recovery Procedures1 day?1/17/20071/18/200723SSIT Network & Infrastructure Team,SOX Compliance Team
Review Backup and Recovery Procedures1 day?1/17/20071/18/200723SSIT Network & Infrastructure Team,SOX Compliance Team
Review Service-Level Agreement Policies1 day?1/17/20071/18/200723SSIT Director / Manager,IT Applications Team,IT Network & Infrastructure Team,SOX Compliance Team
Review Application Development and Coding Standards/Review Procedures1 day?1/17/20071/18/200723SSIT Applications Team,SOX Compliance Team
Review Testing Policies and Procedures1 day?1/17/20071/18/200723SSIT Applications Team,SOX Compliance Team
Review QA procedures1 day?1/17/20071/18/200723SSIT Applications Team,SOX Compliance Team
Summarize Improvement Opportunities Findings1 day?1/18/20071/19/200723,25,26,27,28,29,30,31,32SOX Compliance Team
-Confirm Control Design4 days?1/19/20071/24/2007
Identify policies and procedures1 day?1/19/20071/22/200733Accounting,SOX Compliance Team
Review narratives and flowcharts1 day?1/22/20071/23/200735Accounting,SOX Compliance Team
Review system configuration documentation1 day?1/22/20071/23/200736SSIT Applications Team,SOX Compliance Team
Validate internal control checkpoints and processes1 day?1/23/20071/24/200737
-Evaluate Operational Effectiveness4 days?1/24/20071/29/2007
Identify/confirm labor-intensive and cost-inefficient internal controls1 day?1/24/20071/25/200738CFO,Accounting,IT Director / Manager,SOX Compliance Team,Internal Audit Director
Prioritize inefficiencies - ongoing costs/internal control risks/cost and efficiency impacts1 day?1/25/20071/26/200740CFO,SOX Compliance Team,Internal Audit Director
Develop cost estimates and efforts for prioritized improvement1 day?1/26/20071/29/200741CFO,SOX Compliance Team,Internal Audit Director
-Finalize Cost/Benefit Analyses12 days?1/29/20072/13/2007
Group improvements opportunities into technology improvement projects1 day?1/29/20071/30/200742CFO,Accounting,IT Director / Manager,SOX Compliance Team,Internal Audit Director
Develop cost/benefit analyses1 day?1/30/20071/31/200744CFO,Accounting,IT Director / Manager,SOX Compliance Team,Internal Audit Director
Develop future state scenarios and opportunity savings1 day?1/31/20072/1/200745CFO,Accounting,IT Director / Manager,SOX Compliance Team,Internal Audit Director
Identify gaps1 day?2/1/20072/2/200746CFO,Accounting,IT Director / Manager,SOX Compliance Team,Internal Audit Director
Identify project risks and impacts of doing nothing5 days?2/2/20072/9/200747SOX Compliance Team
Identify additional key resources and information sources1 day?2/9/20072/12/200748CFO,Accounting,IT Director / Manager,SOX Compliance Team,Internal Audit Director
Validate scope, participants and efforts1 day?2/12/20072/13/200749CFO,Accounting,IT Director / Manager,SOX Compliance Team,Internal Audit Director
Improvement Design Complete0 days2/13/20072/13/200750
-Control Design10 days?2/13/20072/26/2007
Project kickoff meeting1 day?2/13/20072/14/200750IT Applications Team,SOX Compliance Team
Design new systems and cross-reference to related internal controls1 day?2/14/20072/15/200753IT Applications Team,SOX Compliance Team
-Identify technologies that will be implemented2 days?2/15/20072/16/2007
Identify data capture and editing systems1 day?2/15/20072/16/200754IT Applications Team,SOX Compliance Team
Identify logging and monitoring systems1 day?2/15/20072/16/200756SSIT Applications Team,SOX Compliance Team
Identify analysis and reporting systems1 day?2/15/20072/16/200756SSIT Applications Team,SOX Compliance Team
Design necessary process changes1 day?2/16/20072/19/200756,57,58IT Applications Team,SOX Compliance Team
Create policies, standards, and procedures1 day?2/19/20072/20/200759IT Applications Team,SOX Compliance Team
Communicate changes that will required1 day?2/20/20072/21/200760IT Applications Team,SOX Compliance Team
Identify appropriate frequency of control1 day?2/21/20072/22/200761IT Applications Team,SOX Compliance Team
Finalize design1 day?2/22/20072/23/200762IT Applications Team,SOX Compliance Team
Obtain approvals needed (SOX Compliance/Management)1 day?2/23/20072/26/200763IT Applications Team,SOX Compliance Team
Control Design Complete0 days2/26/20072/26/200764IT Applications Team,SOX Compliance Team
-Development4 days?2/26/20073/1/2007
Develop/implement redesigned systems and/or controls1 day?2/26/20072/27/200765IT Applications Team,SOX Compliance Team
Re-communicate all changes to all impacted groups1 day?2/27/20072/28/200767IT Applications Team,SOX Compliance Team
Validate internal controls maintained and/or improved1 day?2/28/20073/1/200768IT Applications Team,SOX Compliance Team
Development complete0 days3/1/20073/1/200769
-Testing5 days?3/1/20073/7/2007
Validate control effectiveness1 day?3/1/20073/2/200770IT Applications Team
Document test cases/results in detailed test plans and summaries1 day?3/2/20073/5/200772IT Applications Team
Validate improvement and/or remediation actions accomplished1 day?3/5/20073/6/200773IT Applications Team
Document testing results1 day?3/6/20073/7/200774IT Applications Team
Testing complete0 days3/7/20073/7/200775
-Implement5 days?3/7/20073/13/2007
Update procedures and control documentation1 day?3/7/20073/8/200776Accounting,IT Applications Team,IT Network & Infrastructure Team
Implement system changes1 day?3/8/20073/9/200778Accounting,IT Applications Team,IT Network & Infrastructure Team
Monitor results and improvements1 day?3/9/20073/12/200779Accounting,IT Applications Team,IT Network & Infrastructure Team,SOX Compliance Team
Document results and summarize to senior management1 day?3/12/20073/13/200780Accounting,IT Applications Team,IT Network & Infrastructure Team,SOX Compliance Team
Implementation complete0 days3/13/20073/13/200781
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