Getting started with Assessments

To complete an assessment in the Assessments app, the following steps must first be completed in the Projectsor Risk Manager app:

  1. A team member must define the relevant risks and associated controls.

  2. Tasks related to the assessment must be created and assigned to you.

The assigned tasks appear in the Assessments > My Activities view for you to complete.

Working with activities

On each card, you can be assigned one of the following activities:

  • Walkthrough Assess whether a control is designed effectively. Control walkthrough cards are assigned to you in Assessments if you are the control owner or a reviewer. Use this card to document the results of the control walkthrough.
  • Questionnaire Complete a set of questions that form a single questionnaire. This card allows you to fill out the questionnaire.
  • Test plan Sign off on test plans and assign them to another user. The Test Plan outlines the specific steps or actions for testing a control, but it is not an assessment. If you are designated as a control owner or reviewer, you will receive Test Plan cards in the Assessmentssection.
  • Testing Test whether a control is operating effectively. Control Testing cards are assigned to you in Assessmentsif you are a control owner (assigned to a testing round) or a test reviewer. You can complete the control test using the Testing card.
  • Assess a risk Evaluate risk factors that impact the achievement of objectives. If you are the assigned risk owner, you can score a risk by choosing the relevant scoring factors in Assessments> My Activities.
  • Action Monitor and manage action items related to identified issues. Action cards appear in Assessmentsfor actions you have created, been assigned to, or been CC'd on.
  • Request Request or deliver documentation for audit-related queries. Request cards appear in Assessmentsfor actions you have created, been assigned to, or been CC'd on.

The second section on the left menu, Risk and Control Matrix, allows you to sort and filter risks and controls you have access to and that were assigned to you in Projects.

Caution

If you disable sign-off configuration settings in Project's project type settings, the control items (Walkthrough, Test plan, Testing) will not appear in the Assessments app.

  • Walkthrough tab > Sign-off configuration > Walkthrough Results
  • Test Plan tab > Sign-off configuration > Test Plan detail
  • Testing > Sign-off configuration > Testing Round detail

Do not disable this sign-off level if you will use the Assessments app.

See Customizing terms, fields, and notifications.

What the widgets mean for completing your activities in Assessments

    Assessments Widget Associated messages

    Checkmark for sign-off

    Each level of sign-off that has occurred, along with the name of the person who completed the sign-off

    Exclamation point for issue to address

    • Design Failure

    • Exception(s) Noted

    • No reviewer assigned

    Waiting for sign off

    The next pending sign-off level and assignee

    Created on

    		Where the item was created such as Issue Test documents or Control Test

    Comment(s)

    		 Comments are available to view

    Refresh bar

    Click this button to refresh the cards listed on the My activities screen. Any card updates will appear, and cards will reorder based on the time of last updating.