What makes an audit checklist useful?
A useful checklist connects an audit objective to questions, evidence and follow-up. This builder selects original preparation prompts for your chosen standard and clause groups. Use it alongside agreed criteria and an authorised standard, then adapt the questions to the process being audited.
How to use this tool
- Select the standard and the clause groups relevant to your audit objective.
- Read each question and identify the process, person or record you would examine.
- Record additional scope-specific questions and evidence requests in your working copy.
- Use interviews, observation and a justified sample to test implementation rather than ticking documents off.
Scope and limitations
The checklist is not the standard text, a complete clause-by-clause conformity assessment or an accredited audit report. Selecting a clause group does not justify excluding another applicable requirement.
Use the relevant standard guide for current primary sources. Read the editorial method before relying on an example.