ISO 9001 Auditing Practices Group Document revision status record
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1. Global changes - New IAF logo 2004-05-05
Revised index list, 2004-05-05 To include the new papers Revised index list, 2004-09-21 to replace "Value-added auditing" by "How to add value during the audit process" APG web site transferred to: 2004-10-14 www.iso.org/tc176/ISO9001AuditingPracticesGroup Papers re-formatted, so that there is no longer an explanation of the 2004-10-14 APG and a listing of all the guidance notes. Instead, a new separate paper "Introduction to the APG" has been developed, and limited informative material now appears at the end of the guidance notes Correction in footnotes to URL for the ISO 9001 Auditing Practices 2005-12-12 Group E-mail address for the contact person updated in the information 2009-06-05 section at the end of each paper E-mail address for the contact person updated in the information 2009-12-14 section at the end of each paper All papers converted to PDF format 2010-04-12 All papers reviewed against ISO 9001:2015 2016-01-13
2. APG Web Home page - New 2003-12-01
Revisions status list added 2004-05-05 Zip file of all documents added 2004-05-05 Link to TRANSLATIONS added 2005-12-12 Change of IAF Secretariat e-mail address 2011-04-21
3. Introduction to the APG-Introduction New 2004-10-14
ISO 9001 Auditing Practices Group Reference to additional papers added 2005-12-12 Aligned to ISO 9001:2008 2009-06-05 APG-Introduction2015 Aligned to ISO 9001:2015 + Removal of the listing of APG 2016-01-13 ISO & IAF 2016 All rights reserved 1 www.iaf.nu; www.iso.org/tc176/ISO9001AuditingPracticesGroup ISO 9001 Auditing Practices Group Document revision status record
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4. The need for a 2- APG-2stage New 2003-12-01
stage approach to auditing Revised edition 2009-06-05 Two stage initial APG-2stage2015 Re-titled Two stage initial certification audit 2016-01-13 certification audit
5. Measuring QMS APG-Effectiveness New 2003-12-01
effectiveness and improvements Aligned to ISO 9001:2008 2009-06-05 Effectiveness APG- Re-titled Effectiveness and aligned to ISO 9001:2015 2016-01-13 Effectiveness201 5
6. Identification of APG- New 2003-12-01
processes IdentifyProcesses Section "3. Processes should be analysed, monitored and/or 2004-05-05 measured, and improved" revised Section "5. Is the process approach as described in the 'Introduction' 2004-11-10 to ISO 9001:2000 a requirement of the standard?" revised Aligned to ISO 9001:2008 2009-06-05 Processes APG-Processes2015 Re-titled Processes and aligned to ISO 9001:2015 2016-01-13
7. Understanding the APG- New 2003-12-01
process approach UnderstandProcessA pproach Aligned to ISO 9001:2008 2009-06-05 To be withdrawn, once the transition period for ISO 9001:2008 is over
8. Determination of the APG- New 2003-12-01
where appropriate DetermineWhereAppr ISO & IAF 2016 All rights reserved 2 www.iaf.nu; www.iso.org/tc176/ISO9001AuditingPracticesGroup ISO 9001 Auditing Practices Group Document revision status record
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processes opriate Aligned to ISO 9001:2008 2009-06-05 To be withdrawn, once the transition period for ISO 9001:2008 is over
9. Auditing the where APG- New 2003-12-01
appropriate AuditWhereAppropriat requirements e Aligned to ISO 9001:2008 2009-06-05 To be withdrawn, once the transition period for ISO 9001:2008 is over
10. Demonstrating APG- New 2003-12-01
conformity to the DemonstrateConformi standard ty Section " When assessing conformity to the standard, audit 2004-05-05 checklists may not be sufficient", 3rd Paragraph revised Section "What is adequate sampling", 1st paragraph, 2nd sentence 2004-05-05 revised Section " When assessing conformity to the standard, audit 2004-09-21 checklists may not be sufficient", 2nd Paragraph,1st sentence, "were" replaced by "where". Aligned to ISO 9001:2008 2009-06-05 Demonstrate APG- Re-titled Demonstrate conformity to the standard and some limited 2016-01-13 conformity to the DemonstrateConf edits standard ormity2015
11. Linking an audit of a APG- New 2003-12-01
particular task, activity AuditofTasktoSystem or process to the overall system To be withdrawn, once the transition period for ISO 9001:2008 is over
12. Auditing continual APG- New 2003-12-01
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improvement AuditContinualImprov ement Section "How much improvement is enough", 2004-05-05 1st Paragraph, 2nd sentence deleted Section "Improvement of the process or improvement of the QMS", 2004-05-05 1st paragraph, 4th sentence revised Aligned to ISO 9001:2008 2009-06-05 Additional text added in the sections on "What sort of information is 2009-12-01 relevant and where can we find it?" and "Improvement of the product, process or improvement of the QMS?" Improvement APG- Re-titled Improvement and aligned to ISO 9001:2015 2016-01-13 Improvement2015
13. Auditing a QMS which APG- New 2003-12-01
has minimum MinDocumentation documentation Aligned to ISO 9001:2008 2009-06-05 To be withdrawn, once the transition period for ISO 9001:2008 is over
14. How to audit top APG- New 2003-12-01
management AuditTopManagement processes Top management APG- Re-titled Top management and aligned to ISO 9001:2015 2016-01-13 TopManagement2015
15. The role and value of APG-Checklist New 2003-12-01
the audit checklist Amendment to the section Need for a checklist, to align with ISO 2013-01-16 19011:2011 Checklist APG-Checklist2015 Re-titled Checklist and a small number of edits made 2016-01-13
16. Scope of ISO APG-Scope New 2003-12-01
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Quality Management System and Defining Scope of Certification Link to IAF Guidance document added 2004-05-05 Significant re-write of this document, following received comments 2004-11-24 Aligned to ISO 9001:2008 2009-06-05 Scope of ISO 9001, APG-Scope2015 Title changed to: Scope of ISO 9001, Scope of Quality Management 2016-01-13 Scope of Quality System and Scope of Certification Management Substantial revision to align to ISO 9001:2015 System and Scope of Certification
17. Value-added auditing - New 2003-12-01
Replaced by document "How to add value during the audit process" 2004-09-21 18. How to add value APG-HowtoAddValue New 2004-09-21 during the audit (supersedes the document "Value-added auditing") process Aligned to ISO 9001:2008 2009-06-05 Adding value APG- Re-titled Adding value, and aligned to ISO 9001:2015 2016-01-13 AddingValue2015
19. Auditing competence APG- New 2003-12-01
and the effectiveness AuditingCompetence of actions taken Aligned to ISO 9001:2008 2009-06-05 Competence APG- Re-titled Competence and aligned to ISO 9001:2015 2016-01-13 Competence2015
20. Auditing Statutory and APG- New 2004-05-05
Regulatory StatutoryRegulatory requirements New last Paragraph added 2005-12-12 Aligned to ISO 9001:2008 2009-06-05 Statutory and APG- Re-titled Statutory and Regulatory requirements and aligned to ISO 2016-01-13 ISO & IAF 2016 All rights reserved 5 www.iaf.nu; www.iso.org/tc176/ISO9001AuditingPracticesGroup ISO 9001 Auditing Practices Group Document revision status record
Policy and Quality Objectives Auditing Quality APG- New title. 2005-12-12 Policy, Quality QualityPolicyandObje Addition of guidance on the auditing of Management Review Objectives, and ctives Management Review Aligned to ISO 9001:2008 2009-06-05 Policy, objectives and APG- Re-titled Policy, objectives and management review and aligned to 2016-01-13 management PolicyObjectives ISO 9001:2015 review ManagementRevi ew2015
22. Auditing ISO 9001, APG- New 2004-05-05
Clause 7.6 Control of ISO9001Clause7.6 monitoring and measuring devices equipment Revised edition 2005-12-12 Revised edition 2006-05-15 Re-titled "Auditing ISO 9001, Clause 7.6 Control of monitoring and 2009-07-30 measuring equipment"
And aligned to ISO 9001:2008
Monitoring and APG- Re-titled Monitoring and measuring resources and aligned to ISO 2016-01-13 measuring MonitoringMeasur 9001:2015 resources ement2015
23. Making effective use APG- New 2004-05-05
of ISO 19011 EffectiveUseofISO190 11 Aligned to ISO 9001:2008 2009-06-05 ISO & IAF 2016 All rights reserved 6 www.iaf.nu; www.iso.org/tc176/ISO9001AuditingPracticesGroup ISO 9001 Auditing Practices Group Document revision status record
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Significant revision of section Competence and evaluation of 2013-01-16 auditors, to align with ISO 19011:2011 Effective use of ISO APG-ISO19011_2015 Re-titled Effective use of ISO 19011 2016-01-13 19011
24. Auditing Customer APG- New 2004-05-05
Feedback processes CustomerFeedback Aligned to ISO 9001:2008 2009-06-05 Customer Feedback APG- Re-titled Customer Feedback, and aligned to ISO 9001:2015 2016-01-13 CustomerFeedba ck2015
25 Documenting a APG- New 2004-11-24
Nonconformity DocumentNonconfor mity Aligned to ISO 9001:2008 2009-06-05 Nonconformity APG- Re-titled Nonconformity Documenting and aligned to ISO 2016-01-13 Documenting DocumentNonco 9001:2015 nformity2015
26 Review of Actions in - New 2004-11-24
response to a Nonconformity Guidance for APG- Revised, re-titled and re-focussed 2005-02-10 reviewing and closing ReviewNonconformity nonconformities Aligned to ISO 9001:2008 2009-06-05 Paragraphs on systemic versus one-off nonconformities and the text 2010-12-01 and table on the "5 Whys" added Nonconformity APG- Re-titled Nonconformity Review and closing and aligned to ISO 2016-01-13 Review and closing ReviewNonconformity 9001:2015 2015
27 Auditing Internal APG- New 2005-02-10
Communications InternalCommunicatio ISO & IAF 2016 All rights reserved 7 www.iaf.nu; www.iso.org/tc176/ISO9001AuditingPracticesGroup ISO 9001 Auditing Practices Group Document revision status record
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ns Aligned to ISO 9001:2008 2009-06-05 Revision of section 2.3 2010-07-12 Amendment of section 2.3 2011-04-21 Internal APG- Re-titled Internal communication and aligned with ISO 9001:2015 2016-01-13 communication InternalCommuni cations2015
28 Auditing Preventive APG-PreventiveAction New 2005-02-10
Action Aligned to ISO 9001:2008 2009-06-05 Revision of section 2.2a) bullets 9 and 10 2010-07-12 Revision of section 2.2a) 2011-04-21 To be withdrawn, once the transition period for ISO 9001:2008 is over
29 Auditing service APG- New 2005-07-30
organizations AuditingServiceO rganizations Aligned to ISO 9001:2008 2009-06-05 Service organizations APG- Re-titled Service organizations and aligned to ISO 9001:2015 2016-01-13 ServiceOrganizati ons2015
30 THIRD PARTY Auditor APG- New 2005-07-30
impartiality and AuditorImpartiality conflict of interest Impartiality APG-Impartiality2015 Re-titled Impartiality and aligned to ISO 9001:2015 2016-01-13
31 Auditing the APG- New 2005-07-30
effectiveness of the InternalAuditEffectivn internal audit ess Aligned to ISO 9001:2008 2009-06-05 Revision of section 2.2 2010-07-12 Revision of section 2.2 2011-04-21 ISO & IAF 2016 All rights reserved 8 www.iaf.nu; www.iso.org/tc176/ISO9001AuditingPracticesGroup ISO 9001 Auditing Practices Group Document revision status record
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Internal audit APG- Re-titled Internal audit and aligned to ISO 9001:2015 2016-01-13 InternalAudit2015
32 Auditing Electronic- APG- New 2005-08-25
Based Management AuditingElectronicBas Systems (EBMS) edMS Electronic APG- Re-titled Electronic documented information systems and aligned to 2016-01-13 documented DocumentedInformati ISO 9001:2015 information systems on2015
33 Auditing the APG- New 2005-12-12
Management of ManagementOfResou Resources rces Resources APG-Resources2015 Re-titled Resources and aligned to ISO 9001:2015 2016-01-13
34 Auditing of Customer APG- New 2005-12-12
Communications CustomerCommunicat ions Aligned to ISO 9001:2008 2009-06-05 Revision of section 2.4 2010-07-12 Revision of section 2.4 2011-04-21 Customer APG- Re-titled Customer Communications and aligned to ISO 9001:2015 2016-01-13 Communications CustomerCommu nications2015
35 Auditing the Design APG- New 2006-05-15
and Development Design&Development Process Significant revision of Introduction section. 2006-12-08 Correction to Fig 1, to show link between Verification and input, not planning. Aligned to ISO 9001:2008 2009-06-05 Reference to ISO 9000, clause 3.4.1 corrected to 3.5.1 2009-06-30 Design and APG- Re-titled Design and Development Process, aligned to ISO 2016-01-13 Development Design&Develop 9001:2015 ISO & IAF 2016 All rights reserved 9 www.iaf.nu; www.iso.org/tc176/ISO9001AuditingPracticesGroup ISO 9001 Auditing Practices Group Document revision status record
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Process ment2015
36 Auditor Code of APG-Code-of- New 2006-05-15
Conduct and Ethics Conduct-&-Ethics Code of Conduct and APG-Code-of- Title changed to: Code of Conduct and Ethics, and other very minor 2016-01-13 Ethics Conduct-&- editorial changes Ethics2015
37 Guidance on Cultural APG-CulturalAspects New 2006-12-08
Aspects of Auditing Cultural Aspects APG- Title changed to: Cultural Aspects, and minor editorial changes 2016-01-13 CulturalAspects2015
38 Output Matters APG-OutputMatters New 2006-12-08
Aligned to ISO 9001:2008 2009-06-05 To be withdrawn, once the transition period for ISO 9001:2008 is over
39 Auditing the APG- New 2007-07-02
Procurement and AuditProcurement&Su Supply Chain pplyChain Processes - New paragraph inserted prior to the Introduction 2007-07-13 - Introduction edited Aligned to ISO 9001:2008 2009-06-05 External providers APG- Re-titled External providers, and aligned to ISO 9001:2015 2016-01-13 ExternalProviders 2015
40 Added Value Audits APG- New 2008-07-15
versus Consultancy ADDED_VALUE_AUD ITS_VS_CONSULTA NCY APG- Aligned to ISO 9001:2015 2016-01-13 ValueVsConsultancy2 ISO & IAF 2016 All rights reserved 10 www.iaf.nu; www.iso.org/tc176/ISO9001AuditingPracticesGroup ISO 9001 Auditing Practices Group Document revision status record
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41 Writing Audit Reports APG- New 2009-03-20
WritingAuditReports Small amendment to section 3a), to align to ISO 19011:2011 2013-01-16 Audit Reports APG- Re-titled Audit reports and aligned to ISO 9001:2015 2016-01-13 AuditReports2015
42 Audit Trail APG-AuditTrail.doc New 2009-12-10
APGAuditTrail2015 One correction made 2016-01-13
43 Approach to APG- New 2009-12-10
Demonstration of MeasurementTraceabi Traceability of lity Measurement Results Measurement APG- Re-titled Measurement traceability and aligned to ISO 9001:2015 2016-01-13 traceability MeasurementTraceabi lity2015
44 Deployment of the APG- New 2010-08-20
Expected Outcomes ExpectedOutcomes documents Expected Outcomes APG- Title changed to: Expected Outcomes. 2016-01-13 ExpectedOutcomes20 References to product changed to products and services 15
45 How to deal with APG-Consultants New 2010-12-01
Consultants Deal with consultants APG-Consultants2015 Re-titled Deal with Consultants and aligned to ISO 9001:2015 2016-01-13
46 Auditing Customer APG- New 2011-04-21
Complaints CustomerComplaints Customer Complaints APG- Re-titled Customer Complaints and edited to be consistent with ISO 2016-01-13 CustomerComplaints2 9001:2015 ISO & IAF 2016 All rights reserved 11 www.iaf.nu; www.iso.org/tc176/ISO9001AuditingPracticesGroup ISO 9001 Auditing Practices Group Document revision status record
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47 Using Technical APG- New 2011-04-21
Experts on an audit TechnicalExperts team Technical Experts APG- Title changed to: Technical experts, and some minor editing 2016-01-13 TechnicalExperts2015
48 Audit Evidence APG- New 2013-01-16
collection EvidenceCollection Evidence collection APG- Re-titled Evidence collection and aligned to ISO 9001:2015 2016-01-13 EvidenceCollection20 15