Flinders Ltd has decided to devolve responsibility for creating new financial reports from the central IT division to the operational and central finance areas.

(a) What controls would you expect to see introduced to ensure that any new reports generated contain reliable data? (LO5)

(b) Which activities in the Produce reports process would be affected? (LO2, LO4)

(c) What changes would you expect to see in these activities? (LO4)

(d) What metrics could you use to measure the success of this initiative post implementation? (LO6)