Strategy
Agile
C4E
Policies & Procedures
Fun
100

Name one of the three parts of our company's strategy.

1. Realize the full potential of our product capabilities and underwriting expertise.

2. Become an easier company to do business with.

3. Attract and retain talent needed for long-term success.

100

What was The Hartford's project management technique prior to agile?

Waterfall

100

Why is Tableau called "Tableau?"

Little canvas upon which you paint - take data and make something out of it

100

Name three of the typical ITGC areas we review within operations.

Logical access, change management, data transmission/system interfaces, incident and problem management, job processing, disaster recovery, business reporting

100

What day do the food trucks come?

Tuesdays

200

Name one of Internal Audit's Critical Success Factors.

1. Deploy an adaptive, flexible staffing model with the ability  to rapidly leverage new tools, techniques, and processes in an increasingly complex environment.

2. Optimize risk management and governance routines across the first, second, and third lines of defense to provide transparency over the company's evolving risk profile.

3. Promote adaptive audit processes that broaden our capabilities to provide relevant and timely insights that continuously keep pace with evolving risks and business needs.

4. Leverage new technologies and tools that support and enable innovative improvements in the audit process.

200

What is The Hartford's preferred sprint length?

2 weeks

200

What does SQL stand for?

Structured Query Language

because you have to structure your request to the database in a very specific way using at least three “clauses” of SELECT to state which fields you want, the FROM clause to state which tables have the information, and the WHERE clause to state which conditions need to be found.

200

Name two of the maturity models we use.

Governance, control, critical programs, operational, quality

200

Name a CT hero one of the conference rooms in executive row is named after.

Lydia Sigourney, Thomas Hooker, Prudence Crandall, Nathaniel Terry, Jonathan Trumbull, Ella Grasso, Harriet Beecher Stowe, Catherine Beecher, Thomas H Gallaudet, Augustus Washington, Maria Sanchez, Nathan Hale, Mark Twain, James WC Pennington
300

What is the internal audit vision?

To be a proactive, high-performing and innovative internal audit organization that promotes a strong, transparent control environment and an ethical culture to support The Hartford Audit Committee and executive leadership in carrying out their respective oversight and risk management responsibilities.

300

Name a scrum deliverable.

product backlog, product increment, sprint backlog

300

What are dimensions and measures?

dimensions: fields that cannot be aggregated, like order date or order ID

measures: fields that can be measured or aggregated for mathematical purposes

300

Name four of the steps of audit wheel in order.

Audit planning, scope definition, detail assessment, testing, issues, reporting, audit committee reporting, continuous auditing/monitoring

300

How did Larry get his name?

It was the name of the real stag in a commercial in the 70s.

400

Name one of the pillars of The Hartford Way.

Connect, enable, deliver, discover

400

Name a scrum event.

sprint planning, sprints, "daily" standup meetings, sprint review, sprint retrospective

400

What are the two types of programming languages?

1. Imperative like Python where you give command and after command to the computer

2. Declarative like SQL where you state what data you want but don’t say the step-by-step program how to get it.

400

What fields must be linked in a finding?

Audit project, control, and workpaper (if applicable)

400

Name one of the historical figures or famous construction projects we have insured.

Abraham Lincoln, Babe Ruth, President Eisenhower

Hoover Dam, St. Lawrence Seaway, Golden Gate Bridge

500

What is the internal audit mission statement?

To provide independent, objective, risk-based assurance and advisory services designed to add value and improve The Hartford’s operations.

500

Name an agile role.

scrum master, development teams, product owner

500

What is PySpark?

At The Hartford, we have computers that run Python, but we also have Hadoop which is a multi-machine database that spreads data and processing over multiple computers. Hadoop has a fast processing engine called Spark. Python can be used with Spark to create and process data loaded on Hadoop, as such it is called PySpark.

500

Which tabs are required to be signed off by IAD SLT?

audit risks/objectives, wrap-up

500

Where did The Hartford's logo come from?

A canvas of "The Monarch of the Glen"
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