MCT Beginning T 36

1. 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

2. The extent of the audit program, among other things, depends on:

• Process complexity
• Risks identified
• Follow-up of previous audits
• Commercial policy
• Essential characteristics of products

3. 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

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. 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 of an activity
• Following a major evolution of a process