00 — Overview

Queensland Audit Office (QAO) reference application. This is a demonstration prototype modelled on the Queensland Audit Office's public-facing documentation, reports, guidance and activities. It is not an official QAO system and holds no real audit information — every entity, review, recommendation, benefit and decision in the demo data is fictional and illustrates the data model and workflow only.

What SRIM is

The Strategic Review Implementation Manager turns the follow-through on strategic-review recommendations into a structured, evidence-backed programme. A recommendation isn't "done" because a workstream reports progress — it is closed when it was prioritised, delivered through workstreams and actions, its dependencies and risks managed, its evidence validated as sufficient and sustainable, its benefits measured, and an authorised governance body decided to close it. SRIM holds every one of those links so the state of implementation is always demonstrable.

The domain

Reviews (capability, machinery-of-government, service-delivery) produce recommendations that agencies must implement over years — often across several workstreams, with dependencies, capacity constraints and slipping timelines. The hard parts are prioritisation (what first, given capacity?), validated closure (proof, not assertion, that it's done and sustainable), and benefits realisation (did it actually help?). SRIM models all three, keeping progress honest against evidence, validation and governance decisions.

The 19 models by area

Review & Recommendations (4) - Entity — the audited organisation. · StrategicReview — the review being implemented. - ReviewRecommendation — a recommendation to implement. · RecommendationPriorityAssessment — a scored prioritisation.

Workstreams & Delivery (5) - Workstream — a delivery workstream. · RecommendationWorkstream — links a recommendation to a workstream. - ImplementationAction — a delivery action. · Milestone — a workstream milestone. · Dependency — a dependency (maybe blocking).

Risk, Evidence & Validation (4) - Risk — a delivery risk. · EvidenceRequirement — required evidence. · EvidenceSubmission — evidence provided. - ValidationAssessment — independent validation of a recommendation's implementation.

Benefits & Governance (3) - Benefit — a benefit with a measure and target. · GovernanceMeeting — a governance meeting. · Decision — an authorised decision.

Change, Progress & Closure (3) - ChangeRequest — a change to scope/schedule/benefits. · ProgressSnapshot — a point-in-time programme status. · ClosureDecision — the authorised recommendation closure.

(The source pack's DomainEvent outbox is Phase 2 — see page 03.)

The demo scenario

A QAO-style implementation of a Service Delivery Capability Review at the Department of Housing & Public Works (SR-2025), across three workstreams:

  • REC-01 — Consolidate regional service centres (HIGH) → action complete, milestone met, evidence ACCEPTED, validation SUFFICIENT, benefit (accommodation cost) REALISED, CLOSED by the steering committee.
  • REC-02 — Modernise the client management platform (CRITICAL) → AT_RISK: a blocking data-migration dependency, an open risk, an approved change request (timeline +1 quarter) and a CONDITIONAL decision; benefit BASELINED.
  • REC-03 — Workforce capability plan (MEDIUM) → IN_PROGRESS.

Plus a governance meeting, two decisions, and a progress snapshot (1 of 3 closed, 1 at risk). 29 rows across all 19 models — implementation in a realistic "one closed, one at risk, one in progress" state.