In preparation for the audit we will be performing from September 29 – October 7, I wanted to pass along some planning materials that have been prepared. Please read through them and note any questions you may have. We will go over them more in detail on the first day of the audit. Attached you will find a Planning Memo, Risk Control Matrix (RCM), and all the Audit Program Steps (APSs) for the audit. I have split out the work as evenly as I could but if somebody gets through their testing faster than expected then that person can assist the others. We usually keep all this documented in our Lotus Notes databases but as only I and Andy will have access to this I wanted to get a head start and pass the information to the rest of the team. We will document the results in either a word document or testing spreadsheet (Excel – an example has been provided). I can go over this more in detail next Thursday morning on how we will document the results. Once testing is complete, either I or Andy will upload it to the DB as all documentation needs to be retained there. The goal is finalize all testing by end of day, Friday, October 7, including uploading the files into the database and having me sign-off on them. As I will need time to review the testing, ideally we would like to wrap up tests by Thursday, October 6, the latest.