6. Mistakes to avoid
6.1 Don't confuse different types of audit
It may be tempting to combine a regulatory compliance audit with a voluntary management system audit aimed at improvement. However, the two adopt different postures that are difficult to reconcile at the same time, for both the auditor and the auditee.
Similarly, it is often difficult to combine a management system or process audit approach with a job audit or product or service audit approach in the same audit (see Differentiating between system, process and product audits
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Mistakes to avoid
Reference standards
ISO 19011 – Guidelines for auditing management systems – July 2018
ISO/IEC 17021-1:2015 – Conformity assessment – Requirements for bodies providing audit and certification of management systems — Part 1: Requirements – Reviewed and validated in 2020.
Glossary (source: ISO 19011 and ISO 9000)
Audit
A methodical, independent and documented process for obtaining objective evidence and evaluating it objectively to determine the extent to which audit criteria have been met.
Audit findings
Results of assessment of audit evidence collected, against audit criteria.
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