MCT Beginning

1. The audit plan, among other things, takes into account the:

• Audit questionnaire
• Audit objectives
• Audit scope
• Audit schedule
• Persons to contact
• Sampling plan

2. Traps to be avoided by an auditor:

• Sharing advice or opinions
• Careful listening
• Keeping people waiting for you
• Discretion
• Reading the audit questionnaire spep by step
• Neglecting the work place at the expense of the documentation

3. An internal audit is initiated, for example:

• When it is scheduled in the audit program
• Following the request of a department manager
• After a dysfunction in an activity
• Following a major evolution of a process

4. The audit report often contains:

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

5. 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