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15. What is the context?
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16. Is scope creep really all bad news?
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17. Who is gathering information?
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18. What are the boundaries of the scope? What is in bounds and what is not? What is the start point? What is the stop point?
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19. Does the team have regular meetings?
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20. Are accountability and ownership for External audit staff clearly defined?
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21. Have specific policy objectives been defined?
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22. Has a high-level ‘as is’ process map been completed, verified and validated?
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23. Has a project plan, Gantt chart, or similar been developed/completed?
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24. What happens if External audit staff’s scope changes?
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25. What information should you gather?
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26. Have all basic functions of External audit staff been defined?
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27. What are the compelling stakeholder reasons for embarking on External audit staff?
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28. Do the problem and goal statements meet the SMART criteria (specific, measurable, attainable, relevant, and time-bound)?
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29. How would you define the culture at your organization, how susceptible is it to External audit staff changes?
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30. How do you gather External audit staff requirements?
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31. How do you gather the stories?
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32. What is the scope?
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33. How do you catch External audit staff definition inconsistencies?
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34. Are there different segments of customers?
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35. Has the External audit staff work been fairly and/or equitably divided and delegated among team members who are qualified and capable to perform the work? Has everyone contributed?
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36. Does the scope remain the same?
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37. Is the improvement team aware of the different versions of a process: what they think it is vs. what it actually is vs. what it should be vs. what it could be?
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38. Has the direction changed at all during the course of External audit staff? If so, when did it change and why?
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39. What are the core elements of the External audit staff business case?
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40. Are audit criteria, scope, frequency and methods defined?
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41. When is the estimated completion date?
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42. Is the External audit staff scope manageable?
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43. Do you have organizational privacy requirements?
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44. What intelligence can you gather?
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45. Is the team adequately staffed with the desired cross-functionality? If not, what additional resources are available to the team?
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46. What is the scope of External audit staff?
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47. What was the context?
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48. What are the Roles and Responsibilities for each team member and its leadership? Where is this documented?
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49. What is the definition of success?
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50. Are resources adequate for the scope?
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51. Are approval levels defined for contracts and supplements to contracts?
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52. Is there regularly 100% attendance at the team meetings? If not, have appointed substitutes attended to preserve cross-functionality and full representation?
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53. Is the External audit staff scope complete and appropriately sized?
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54. Have the customer needs been translated into specific, measurable requirements? How?
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55. How was the ‘as is’ process map developed, reviewed, verified and validated?
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56. How do you manage scope?
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57. Are required metrics defined, what are they?
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58. Who are the External
