ISO 19011 - Section 6
Explanations in Plain English
ISO 19011 - Section 6 - Audit Activities Stage
3
Stage 3 - Preparing for the on-site audit
activities:
The audit team leader should prepare an audit plan agreement among audit client,
audit team and the auditee. The plan should cover the scheduling and coordination of the audit activities. The
detail provided in the audit plan should reflect the audit scope and complexity of the audit.
The details may differ, for example, between the initial and subsequent audits and
also between internal and external audits. The audit plan should be sufficiently flexible to permit changes in the
audit scope, which can happen as the on-site activities progress.
The plan should be reviewed and accepted by the audit client, and presented to the
auditee, before the on-site audit activities begin. Any objections by the auditee should be resolved between the
audit team leader, the auditee and the audit client. Any revised audit plan should be agreed to before continuing
the audit.
Process Approach to Auditing
Management systems have to be audited using the process approach to auditing.
Processes do not normally recognize departmental or functional boundaries. Each identified process to be audited
has inputs, outputs, interactions and objectives with both qualitative and quantative measures of its outputs, So
the audits have to be conducted in terms of inputs, outputs and ability to achieve objectives. The understanding of
the interaction of the processes of an organization is a key to a successful process audit.
Audit Team Leader
The audit team leader, in consultation with the audit team, should assign to each
team member responsibility for auditing specific processes, functions, sites, areas or activities.
The audit team members should review the information relevant to their audit
assignments and prepare auditing work documents as necessary for reference and for recording audit proceedings.
Such working documents may include:
- checklists and audit samplings plans, and
- forms for recording information, such as supporting evidence, audit
findings and records of meetings.
The links below are
excerpts from the our e-book
"Explanations and
Definitions for ISO 19011:2002" 
Section 1. ISO 19011 Scope
reference and definitions
Section 2. ISO 19011 Principles of
auditing
Section 3. ISO 19011 Managing an
audit program
Section 4. ISO 19011 Audit program
implementation
Section 5. ISO 19011 Audit
activities
Section 6. ISO 19011 Preparing for
onsite activities
Section 7. ISO 19011 Conducting
onsite activities
Section 8. ISO 19011 What the
auditor is looking for
Section 9 ISO 19011 Audit
reporting
Section 10. ISO 19011 Audit
techniques
Section 11. ISO 19011 Audit
path
Section 12. ISO 19011 Effective
communications
Section 13. ISO 19011
Sampling
Section 14. ISO 19011 Audit
completion and follow-up
Section 15. ISO 19011 Competence
and evaluation of auditors
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