Review on Internal Audit Findings

[SteelMaiden]

IMHO, an internal auditor is not there to do audits to the 'ISO requirements' - That's why so many internal audit programs fail miserably!

But whether external/internal, any audit needs to take into consideration any requirements set by the organisation itself, contractual requirements, etc. etc. To simply say 'per ISO' is not sound. And any internal audit which simply took a 'per ISO requirements' only view would be less than optimal.

Such good reminders! we should be auditing to provide value, not to assess compliance to a standard that should only be a portion of our overall quality management system.