One of the unforeseen effects of the Sarbanes Oxley Act implementation was the delay of hundreds of thousands of corporate projects because their timing interfered with end of month, end of quarter, or end of year accounting procedures. Project managers had to digest and prepare for the Sarbanes Oxley Act and its accounting ramifications. We do know what to expect now. When you implement Sarbanes Oxley fixes at your company, overburdened finance and accounting offices will be slow to respond at key auditing deadlines. Managers should try to schedule anything affecting accounting to fall either before or after these deadlines.
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