ISO 9001:2015 gap analysis checklist
Practising auditors wrote these 251 audit questions, covering the full standard. Each item names the objective evidence to request, the nonconformities most often raised against it, and what to sample. It is free to read, with no sign-up required.
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What each item gives you
This is what an auditor needs at each item. You already hold the standard itself.
Phrases it the way you would ask it in the room.
Names the specific artefacts that satisfy the item, and how to tell a real one from a placeholder.
Lists the findings most often raised here, in the words they get written up in.
Shows where the item usually goes wrong, and what a mature answer sounds like against a rehearsed one.
Explains how many to take, how to choose them, and what to cross-reference them against.
Gives the second and third questions to ask when the first answer is too smooth.
All 251 items across 7 clauses
This checklist runs to 251 items, so each top-level clause has its own page rather than one document you have to scroll. Items are there in full, with its objective evidence, common nonconformities and auditor tips — nothing is held back for the PDF.
Each item shows its evidence, common nonconformities and auditor tips. The PDF above holds the same content, all 251 items, formatted for a clipboard.