A single question from the auditor sets three repositories and two deadlines in motion.
The auditor asks for the evidence on one control point. The GRC tool holds a version with no approval date, the DMS an older one with approval, and the specialist department says it sent the latest one round by email long ago.
1control pointThe auditor asks for a single piece of evidence.
3repositoriesGRC tool, DMS and the specialist department's mailbox are all searched.
2deadlinesApproval date and review date run side by side, and nobody tracks both.
42mandatory documentsThis routine repeats for every entry in the catalogue that internal audit has to tick off before the audit date.
Forty-two mandatory documents, each with three repositories and two deadlines to check: the agent does the reconciliation in a single pass, and that cuts audit preparation by 50%.
The 50% reduction in audit preparation is the figure from the agent's data record and refers to the preparation time up to the finished to-do list. It is based on experience, not an audit finding.