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Example Example: Control Design Assessment (with Validation)  Locate the document in its SAP Library structure

The following process flow takes examples of control design assessment to provide a detailed overview of the assessment process. The process operates by means of statuses being issued by the users involved in the different process steps and follow-up tasks consequently being generated.

Process Flow

This process describes control design assessment with validation of the assessment and with validation of the remediation plan.

 

Step/Task

Level
(Tab Page)

Initial Status

Pushbuttons

Action /
New Status

In the task Perform Control Design Assessment, the assessor of the control design enters a negative assessment result (rating) and creates an issue.

Assessment

Draft

Report Issue

Delete Assessment (inactive)

Review

When the user chooses Review and then saves, the status changes to Review.

Issue

Draft

Create Remediation Plan (inactive)

Delete Issue

The issue status is automatically changed with the assessment status to Review.

The person performing assessment validation receives the task Review Control Design Assessment.

Assessment

Review

Report Issue

Delete Assessment (inactive)

Rework

Validate

When the user chooses Rework, the assessment is returned to the original assessor. New status: Rework

When the user chooses Validate, issue remediation is triggered. New status: Validated.

Issue

Review

Create Remediation Plan (inactive)

Delete Issue

Rework

Validate

When the user chooses Rework, the assessment is returned to the original assessor. New status: Rework

When the user chooses Validate, issue remediation is triggered. New status: Validated.

If the assessment needs to be reworked, the original assessor receives the task Review Control Design Assessment.

Assessment

Rework

Report Issue

Delete Assessment (inactive)

Review

When the user chooses Review and then saves, the status changes to Review.

Consequently, a new review is performed (see previous step).

Issue

Rework

Create Remediation Plan (inactive)

Delete Issue

The issue status is automatically changed with the assessment status to Review.

After assessment validation, the person entered as the issue processor receives the task Start Issue Remediation.

Assessment

Validated

All inactive

 

Issue

Validated

Create Remediation Plan

Delete Issue (inactive)

Release for Processing

Processing without remediation plan:

Enter comment and choose Release for Processing, then save. New status: Open.

Processing with remediation plan:

Create remediation plan and choose Release for Processing, then save. New status: In process

Remediation plan (only for remediation with issue)

New

Delete Remediation Plan

After saving, status: Draft

Processing without remediation plan:

The processor entered for the issue receives the task Close Issue Without Remediation Plan.

Assessment

Validated

All inactive

 

Issue

Open

Create Remediation Plan (inactive)

Delete Issue (inactive)

Complete

Where required, enter a comment, change the processor, and choose Complete. New status: Resolved

Processing with remediation plan:

The processor entered for the remediation plan receives the task Enter Details for Remediation Plan.

Assessment

Validated

All inactive

 

Issue

In Process

All inactive

 

Remediation Plan

Draft

Delete Remediation Plan

Review

Change remediation plan and choose Review. New status: Review

The person performing validation receives the task Review Remediation Plan Details.

Assessment

Validated

All inactive

 

Issue

In Process

All inactive

 

Remediation Plan

Review

Delete Remediation Plan (inactive)

Rework

Validate

When the user performing validation chooses Rework, the processor of the remediation plan receives the task Enter Details for Remediation Plan again (see previous step). New status: Rework

When the user chooses Validate, processing of the remediation plan is triggered. New status: Open.

After validation, the processor for the remediation plan receives the task Document Progress of Remediation Plan.

Assessment

Validated

All inactive

 

Issue

Validated

All inactive

 

Remediation Plan

Open

Delete Remediation Plan (inactive)

Complete

Specify the percentage of completion. Where 100 % applies, choose Complete. New status: Closed.

Valid for both remediation types:

The person who reported the issue receives the task Reassess Control Design.

Assessment

Reassessment

Report Issue

Delete Assessment (inactive)

Review

If the reassessment delivers an unsatisfactory result, retain the negative rating, and report a new issue, or reopen the old issue (see below). In both cases, issue remediation is triggered again with the task Start Issue Remediation (see above).

If the reassessment proves successful, choose Review. This triggers a new validation of the assessment with the task Review Control Design Assessment (see below).

Issue

Validated

Create Remediation Plan (inactive)

Delete Issue (inactive)

Close

Reopen

When Reopen is chosen, new status: Submitted. Issue remediation is triggered again (see above).

When Close is chosen, new status: Closed.

Remediation plan (only for remediation with issue)

Closed

Delete Remediation Plan (inactive)

 

 

 

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