New Edition of ISO 19011

ISO 19011 provides guidance on auditing management systems, including the principles of auditing, managing an audit programme and conducting management system audits, as well as guidance on the evaluation of competence of individuals involved in the audit process, including the person managing the audit programme, auditors and audit teams

ISO has just announced on publication of the 2011 edition of ISO 19011. There are some changes to the new version 2011 compare with the previous version back in 2002.Hereby, i would like to that this opportunity to hightlight the main differences compared with the first edition in 2002 are as following:

(A) The scope has been broadened from the auditing of quality and environmental management systems to the auditing of any management systems;

(B) The relationship between ISO 19011 and ISO/IEC 17021 has been clarified;

(C) Remote audit methods and the concept of risk have been introduced;

(D) Confidentiality has been added as a new principle of auditing;

(E) Clauses 5, 6 and 7 have been reorganized;

(F) Additional information has been included in a new Annex B, resulting in the removal of help boxes;

(G) The competence determination and evaluation process has been strengthened;

(H) Illustrative examples of discipline-specific knowledge and skills have been included in a new Annex A;

More info:

http://www.iso.org/iso/iso_catalogue/catalogue_tc/catalogue_detail.htm?csnumber=50675