FRR017
Define effectiveness-based closure criteria at remediation plan approval, not after implementation, to prevent premature issue closure.
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Regulations
Issue Closure Speed vs Validation Quality
Business ContextOrganizations often measure remediation performance through the number and age of open findings. Pressure to improve closure statistics can encourage issues to be closed once actions are implemented, before there is sufficient evidence that the underlying risk has actually been reduced.
Audit TRIZ ResolutionSeparate implementation completion from effectiveness validation. Actions can be recorded as implemented when management completes them, but formal closure occurs only when evidence demonstrates that the intended risk reduction is operating effectively.
Applicable TRIZ Principles
Principle 1 – Segmentation separates corrective-action completion from validated issue closure.
Principle 23 – Feedback uses post-implementation evidence to confirm effectiveness.
Principle 10 – Prior Action establishes closure criteria when the remediation plan is approved.
Expected Outcome
Faster administrative progress
Stronger closure validation
Lower reopening rates
More reliable issue status
Decision Indicators
Findings close immediately after new controls are implemented.
Closed issues frequently reappear.
Closure evidence demonstrates activity but not effectiveness.
Management performance measures emphasize closure counts.
Validation criteria are established only after remediation is completed.