what about audit schedule?

• Auditors keep a schedule
• Keeps the audit on track and prevents auditors from getting too deep into details when it is unnecessary
• The schedule is, however, a guideline
• Auditors must be flexible and able to change the schedule if their original plan is not accurate
• --Some things take less time than expected and others take more time than anticipated
• Audits generally begin with an opening meeting to discuss the audit, and they end with a closing meeting to discuss the audit findings.
• Audit findings are not secrets to be horded until the closing meeting. When an auditor believes he or she has identified a non-conformance, the auditee should be informed and allowed to provide additional information if possible

Example schedule

on one particular day e.g Monday 30th march,2007.

• 8:00 - 8:30 Auditor Preparation
• 8:30 - 9:00 Facility Tour
• 9:00 - 9:30 Opening Meeting
• 9:30 - 10:30 Management Review
• 10:30 - 11:30 Control of Quality Records
• 11:30 - 12:30 Working Lunch
• 12:30 - 2:30 Product Realization
• 2:30 - 4:30 Auditor Work Time
• 4:30 - 5:00 Closing Meeting

what is an audit plan?

• A formal document
• A blueprint used by auditors to ensure that the audit is completed properly
• should be part of the Documented Procedure for performing Internal Audits

The audit plan details a particular audit and includes:

• The organization to be audited
• Purpose and scope
• Audit personnel
• Activities to be audited
• Organization/personnel that are to be audited
• Applicable document/records
• Audit checklist
• Requirements for reporting results

The audit plan (ISO 19011 6.4.1)

• Audit objectives
• Audit criteria and reference documents
• Audit scope (includes units and processes to be audited)
• Dates and places where on-site activities are conducted
• Time and duration of on-site activities, including meetings
• Roles and responsibilities of audit team members
• Allocation of resources to critical areas
• Identification of auditee’s representative
• Audit report topics
• Logistic arrangements
• Matters related to confidentiality
• Any follow-up actions

what is there in audit planning?

Audits are formal activities and should be carefully planned

An Audit Plan defines

• Agenda
• Review Information
• Date and Time
• Work Hours
• Distribution of Work

Working documents needed to facilitate the audit

• Forms for documenting objective evidence
• Forms for documenting audit findings
• Procedures to be followed
• Checklist format
• Meeting topics
• Meeting record format

what is the intent of an audit?

• Audits verify the effectiveness of the Quality Management System.
• Auditors do not audit people, only the Quality Management System.
• Is the standard requirement being met?
• Are the legal requirements being met?
• An audit is not a test of how someone does his or her job.