Issue management can be a time-consuming process for audit departments. Get up to speed on how to conquer common challenges to successful issue management, how issue remediation metrics can serve as a status check for organizations and ways to build a stronger, more efficient issue management program. After an audit is complete, the closing meeting has been held, and the audit report issued, the next task is issue management. For some audits, stakeholders resolve issues quickly, but management may take months or even years to resolve the issues, turning the issue management process into its own tedious exercise in project management.