MCT Beginning T 36

1. The audit procedure contains, at minimum, instructions on how to:

• Plan the audits
• Conduct the audits
• Ensure auditor competence
• Assign the responsibility for managing the audit program to a qualified person

2. The audit report often contains the:

• Audit findings
• Auditor opinions
• Audit conclusions
• Auditor proposals
• Identified good practices

3. The implementation of the audit program requires:

• Its approval by top management
• Its communication to the concerned parties
• Audit plans to be followed
• Audit follow-up

4. Traps to be avoided for an auditor:

• Share advice or opinions
• Careful listening
• Keep people waiting for you
• Discretion
• Read the audit questionnaire spep by step
• Neglect the work place at the expense of the documentation

5. The results of the process internal audit:

• Are management review outputs
• Are management review inputs
• Allow QMS improvement opportunities to be found
• Are verifiable evidences