Audit Lifecycle

The lifecycle page graphically represents the six states of an audit. Business rules control the flow of the audit through the various lifecycle states.

From the action bar, click the Lifecycle section.

Note: A dark rectangle indicates the current state of an audit in the business cycle, and the arrows show the normal flow of the lifecycle.

This page discusses:

Plan

This is the initial state of an audit.

Active

This state indicates the initiation of an audit process.

Finalization

This state indicates the end of an audit process.

Resolution

In this state, the audit summary reports are approved.

Final Approval

In this state, the final audit resolutions are ready for approval.

Closed

The final audit resolutions approval task is complete. The system automatically promotes an audit to the closed lifecycle state.