Question 120
After resolving this Dynamics 365 Finance case: The planning team needs optimistic and conservative scenarios, but overwrites the base scenario each cycle. What preventive control belongs in the operating procedure?
Explanation
Correct Answer
Protect approved baseline scenario values during reforecasting. This prevents recurrence of the identified mechanism: Budget planning scenarios represent alternative planning measures, not versions to overwrite each other. Validate the control by checking: Budget plans retain all scenarios simultaneously and comparison reports show the differences.
Incorrect Answers
Test representative headquarters and branch records when changing planning templates. That safeguard is aimed at a different risk: HR headcount forecasts are copied into operating expense plans, but the line's financial dimension is set to headquarters for all branches. It does not most directly prevent recurrence of: Budget planning scenarios represent alternative planning measures, not versions to overwrite each other.
Archive approved plans before starting annual planning cycles. That safeguard is aimed at a different risk: One budget plan scenario carries prior-year balances, but new-year departmental plans should start with a clean approved baseline. It does not most directly prevent recurrence of: Budget planning scenarios represent alternative planning measures, not versions to overwrite each other.
Test rejection and resubmission paths with actual planning roles. That safeguard is aimed at a different risk: A planning workflow advances before the manager reviews the department's numbers because no approval stage exists. It does not most directly prevent recurrence of: Budget planning scenarios represent alternative planning measures, not versions to overwrite each other.