Adding audit plan

You can create yearly audit plans starting from completed audit risk assessments. They can generate audits from linked audit risk assessments by selecting prioritized auditable entities, adjust timelines, and extend scopes by including additional entities. Multi-year plans can also be created, defining the scope and linking audit risk assessments.

You add an audit plan from a completed audit risk assessment. Other options include:

• Add a draft audit plan from the dashboard

• Link to an existing audit plan

Add an audit plan from a completed audit risk assessment

To add audit plans from a completed audit risk assessment conclusion, perform the following steps.

1. From the Platform home page (www.diligentoneplatform.com), select the Audit app to open it.

   If you are already in Diligent One, you can use the left-hand navigation menu to switch to the Audit app.

2. From the Audit risk assessment tile, select Go to audit risk assessment.

3. Select the name of a completed audit risk assessment.

Note

If you select an audit risk assessment whose status is not Completed, the app opens the audit risk assessment from where you left off. You must complete the audit risk assessment to add an audit plan.

4. From the audit risk assessment’s Conclusion page, select Start planning or select the Start planning dropdown menu and select Add audit plan. The same workflow follows.

   This creates a link to the completed audit risk assessment. The Add audit plan side panel opens.

Add audit plan

The Add audit plan side panel indicates the audit risk assessment to which audit plan is linked. Required fields must be correctly completed to add the audit plan.

1. To enter the details for your audit plan, perform the following steps.

   • Name (required): enter the Audit name to link the audit plan.

   • Description: enter the description of the audit plan.

   • Start date and End date: enter the dates for the schedule.

   • Budgeted hours: enter the allocated hours for the audit plan.

2. Select Add.

After you add your audit plan, the draft audit plan opens.

Add a draft audit plan from the dashboard

Adding a draft audit plan from the overview page creates a draft audit plan that does not include audits or a linked audit risk assessment.

1. From the Audit planning dashboard, select Add audit plan.

   The Add audit plan side panel opens.

2. To add a draft audit plan, perform the following steps:

   • Name (required): enter the Audit name to link the audit plan.

   • Description: enter the description of the audit plan.

   • Start date and End date: enter the dates for the schedule.

   • Budgeted hours: enter the allocated hours for the audit plan.

3. Select Add.

Link to an existing audit plan

You can link a completed audit risk assessment to an existing audit plan.

1. From a completed audit risk assessment, select the Start planning dropdown menu and select Link to an existing audit plan.

2. From the Link to existing audit plan screen, select the radial button of the Draft audit plan to link with the audit risk assessment.

3. Select Link and open audit plan.