Internal audit — Practical worksheet

Practical learning

Sample a real process, interview its owner and write a finding linking criterion, evidence and gap. Prepare an audit plan and corrective-action follow-up; auditing your own work without managing objectivity can undermine the conclusion.

Learning outcomes: prepare an internal-audit scope, sample evidence, conduct interviews and report a defensible finding. Use a process map, audit criteria and sample records. The exercise presents an incomplete record but no applicable requirement: find the criterion before alleging a nonconformity. Then document evidence, gap and follow-up with an auditor who can maintain objectivity. Assessment rejects unsupported conclusions and conclusions affected by an unmanaged risk to objectivity and checks whether corrective-action effectiveness is verified rather than merely closed on paper.

Inputs for this worksheet

Use an anonymised, authorised example and identify the process, product or activity to which the exercise applies. Obtain the referenced edition or programme rules and record the applicable criterion before assessing a gap. Keep source records, assumptions and your proposed next action together. Do not submit confidential or personal records without permission; simulated inputs are suitable for this worksheet.

Check your evidence and its limits

Compare your answer with the stated evidence and failure case. A completed worksheet is a learning aid, not an audit report, an accredited assessment, a certification decision or product market authorisation. Kayra can discuss preparation support or a related training need. Any real decision requires the applicable rules, competent people and the responsible organisation or authority; this exercise creates no professional registration or certification powers.

Official references

• ISO — ISO 19011