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SOX Change Management Test Worksheet (Word)

Trace sampled system changes through authorisation, testing, approval and release.

Free · CORAA original — SA-aligned
Updated 17 Oct 2026
Tests
Change authorisation to release
Population
From the system log
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Emergency changes
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Select changes to financial systems from the system's change log and trace each through approval, testing and release. Get the change population from the system itself, not from a list the team prepared by hand, and check it is complete.

Also record: how emergency changes are defined, whether direct changes to production data are possible and how they are controlled, and whether any change affects a key report or interface.

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From the system or tool that records changes, not a list built by hand, with a check that it is complete.
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