ZeeTX said:
I recently graduated (B.E - Mech. Engg.) & I am taking up a few Quality courses to write the CQA, CQE, CQM exams.
I am a student enrolled in a Quality program that covers various subjects for the ASQ Exams. In 2 weeks I have been assigned a presentation about "Sample Checklist" for the course of Quality Auditing. It has to be atleast 15-20 minutes.
The only TEXT prescribed in my college for the course Quality Auditing is CQA - Primer. I am finding very difficult to gather information on this(Sample Checklist), highlights about the topic(PPT slides), etc.
If Anyone who knows an example of this kind of presentation, can you PLEASE help me..?
Thanks in advance..
ZeeTX
I found a source for you that offers an expansion on the Primer (a book series that has disappointed me; I no longer use those): LINK TO OLD WEBSITE REMOVED (404 ERROR) I thought this does a good job of explaining the checklist design process.
On this site I believe you can get a trial copy of a real, comprehensive audit checklist. http: //www .intelex .com/quality/impindex.htm - OBSOLETE LINK UNLINKED (404 ERROR)
Here, I found a nice sample for the immediate: http ://www. hud. gov /offices/cio/sdm/devlife/tempchecks/iapchecklist.doc - DEAD 404 LINK UNLINKED (404 ERROR)
After looking at a few, you may find that these things are actually pretty straightforward. Start with the necessary elements. List them by number, for reference. Make blocks to note procedure numbers--among other things, you may need to check another source to see if they are the latest revision. The interviewee's name, process, date/time, comments, a yes/no block to show compliance, and auditor's notes/comments also should be included.
An oft-overlooked subject is on designing the checklist's format.
Audit checklists can be formatted on spreadsheets (for companies that don't want to buy proprietary software) for printing and also for noting results over time, both in quantitative (a numbers trend) and qualitative manners using the database function.
The other nice thing about spreadsheets is that it's easy to shape the data entry blocks. Some people's checklists don't have room to write much. As an auditor I found I wanted enough room to write without making a lot of footnotes. Auditors who make their own checklists can format them with more, or larger notation blocks for longer processes with more personnel and/or more steps to follow.
I would make a slide show that discusses these various points. It is easy to make a checklist, but making a user-friendly checklist is a job better suited for the auditor because our tastes for forms vary so much. Even the letter size and font can help make the auditor's job go more smoothly, or make him/her strain to make out the forms.
I hope this helps!
