Is the management control framework sufficient to adequately manage and monitor Year 2000 readiness?
The management control framework is sufficient to manage the Year 2000 project in the Department. A Year 2000 Project Office was established two years ago. Full-time staff in the Project Office provide guidance, awareness and quality assurance. In addition, progress toward departmental readiness is monitored and is reported to senior management monthly. It is essential that the functions of quality assurance and monitoring continue to be high priorities for the Project Office. This will ensure key steps are completed to support Year 2000 readiness for all that have not signed off at December 31, 1998 such as: critical systems; high impact, small-scale applications; branches; and regions. Criterion 2: Is the list of critical systems complete? Overall, auditors agreed that the 41 “critical systems” identified by the working group and senior management is complete. However, some applications labelled as ‘high impact, small-scale application’, such as the National Graduate Register and the
