Checklist
The Quality System Audit approaches procedures that comply with processes or not. For evaluation purposes, simple questionnaires are developed to sectors and/or departments and/or personnel involved.
Besides developing checklists, you can also create and relate questionnaires and topics, in order to evaluate contents.
The following features are included in this topic:
| • | Checklist |
The checklist comprises a main checklist form, in which topics and questionnaires belonging to the audit are related.
| • | Topics |
Topics include audit procedures and rules.
| • | Questionnaires |
Questionnaires have questions related to topics that, in turn, relate to checklists in order to make audit performance possible.
Preparation of Checklists
Checklists can be developed as soon as you define points to be checked. It is an essential work document.
| • | If check points were correctly chosen, the checklist ensures that the audit will serve your purposes. |
| • | To choose elements to be investigated, the auditor must have studied requirements closely. |
| • | The checklist offers an accurate record of what the audit was, helping the auditor respect the time previously defined for each department or activity. |
What the checklist must contain:
| • | Purpose |
| • | Questions |
A good idea is to structure the checklist so as to analyze control elements under three points of view:
| • | How the process is. |
| • | The system still works when an unusual work appears. |
| • | The situation is under control within a crisis. |