Questions Designed To Aid Managers and Auditors in Assessing the ADP Planning Process

The Automatic Data Processing (ADP) Group of the GAO Financial and General Management Studies Division prepared and compiled a publication containing the results of their research and experience in the management of ADP planning. A question and answer format is used to identify and to amplify approximately 58 elements considered essential to the operation of an effective ADP planning process. By comparing the actual management of ADP planning with these elements, an assessment can be developed of the quality of the planning process. The ADP planning process has been divided into five major subject areas: (1) organizational involvement, (2) direction, (3) structure, (4) control, and (5) reporting. A chapter is devoted to each of these. There are approximately 367 questions covering the five subject areas.