by Dominic Parry | Jul 6, 2018
Planning to perform audits I often see auditors who perform audits undertake this activity with little or no planning. As with everything else in life, planning is everything. An audit is much more effective for everyone concerned if the auditor takes a short amount...
by Dominic Parry | Feb 25, 2014
Here is a free template for things that you should include in an auditing closing meeting. Thank the auditees for their time Thank them for allowing you to audit them Remind the auditees of the reason for the audit Remind the auditees of the standard that you...
by Dominic Parry | Feb 14, 2014
Here is a free template for things that you should include in an auditing opening meeting. Introduce your team State the reasons for the audit State the standard that you are auditing against Check if the programme is still OK Check who is available for the audit...
by Dominic Parry | Oct 25, 2012
When people talk about good auditing technique it is easy to immediately start covering how to ask questions, how to deal with people and how to make notes. Whilst this is all true, it is easy to forget that there are 4 stages to the audit process and good auditing...