THE POCKET GUIDE FOR PROCESS OWNERS
ISO 9001:2026 Audit Day
The questions auditors ask, what a good answer contains, and the thirty-day preparation checklist. Written from the auditor's side of the table for the person who runs a process and is about to be interviewed about it. Not the quality manager; the process owner.
Get it on Amazon The three templates, freeThe three templates from the back matter
Print them, fill them in, carry them into the room. Each is one letter-size page. Free to copy for your organization's internal use.
Copies for a whole team
The book is written to be handed out: one copy per process owner, the month before the transition audit. For ten or more copies shipped together, email ryan@qualityfieldguides.com with the quantity and a shipping address, and an invoice at the pack price comes back the same day. An inside-cover page with your organization's name is available on request.
For one or two copies, Amazon is faster.
What goes with it
- The free ISO 9001:2026 Change Log: all thirty changes with what to check for each. The clause pointer map in the book is a cut of it.
- The Gap Analysis and Transition Kit: the fifty-seven-sub-clause scored version of what the auditor does in a day, for the quality manager running the transition.
- What changed in ISO 9001:2026, clause by clause: the free readout of the whole revision.
- Quality culture and ethical behavior: the question with no document behind it, from the quality manager's side.
Questions
Who is it for?
The person who runs a process and is about to be interviewed about it: a supervisor, a team lead, a department head. Not the quality manager, who has the companion book. It is short on purpose, about 100 pages at 5 by 8 inches, and can be read in an hour.
Is it the standard?
No. It does not reproduce ISO 9001:2026 and clause numbers are used as pointers only. The requirements are in your organization's licensed copy, and the auditor will expect you to have one.
Which book should a quality manager buy first?
ISO 9001:2026: What Changed, What Your Auditor Will Look For, and How to Close the Gaps is written for the quality manager's side of the audit. Audit Day is the same audit from the process owner's side. Most quality managers read the first and hand out the second.
Can I copy the templates for my team?
Yes. The three templates above are free to download and may be copied by the purchasing organization for its own internal use.