ISO 55001
Evidence request list. 40 controls, 40 carrying auditor artefact guidance. Generated from the compliance knowledge graph on 11 September 2026. Published by The Art of Service.
Context
Determine external and internal issues relevant to purpose and that affect ability to achieve intended outcomes of asset management system.
- Context analysis
- Stakeholder pressure map
- Strategic asset issues
- Engineering-only view
- No regulator/customer context
Determine stakeholders relevant to asset management and their requirements including financial and non-financial criteria.
- Stakeholder register
- Service level requirements
- Customer LoS commitments
- No documented LoS
- Stakeholder list outdated
Determine boundaries and applicability of AMS including portfolio of assets to be managed.
- AMS scope statement
- Asset portfolio inventory
- Class/category structure
- Mobile assets excluded
- No IT/SCADA inclusion
Establish, implement, maintain and continually improve AMS including processes and their interactions.
- AMS process map
- Process interaction matrix
- AMS manual
- Silos between OT/IT
- No process owners
ISO 55001: Improvement
Continual improvement methodology. Control from ISO 55001 framework, domain: ISO 55001: Improvement.
- Improvement register
- Corrective action log
- Change request record
- Lessons learned database
- Recurring issues
- No preventive actions
- Change without impact review
- Lessons not applied
Corrective and preventive actions. Control from ISO 55001 framework, domain: ISO 55001: Improvement.
- Improvement register
- Corrective action log
- Change request record
- Lessons learned database
- Recurring issues
- No preventive actions
- Change without impact review
- Lessons not applied
Innovation and change management. Control from ISO 55001 framework, domain: ISO 55001: Improvement.
- Improvement register
- Corrective action log
- Change request record
- Lessons learned database
- Recurring issues
- No preventive actions
- Change without impact review
- Lessons not applied
ISO 55001: Leadership & Planning
Quality policy and objectives. Control from ISO 55001 framework, domain: ISO 55001: Leadership & Planning.
- Asset management policy
- Strategic asset plan
- Roles and responsibility chart
- Resource plan
- Policy not endorsed
- No line of sight to objectives
- Unclear asset ownership
- Resource shortfalls
Leadership commitment to quality. Control from ISO 55001 framework, domain: ISO 55001: Leadership & Planning.
- Asset management policy
- Strategic asset plan
- Roles and responsibility chart
- Resource plan
- Policy not endorsed
- No line of sight to objectives
- Unclear asset ownership
- Resource shortfalls
Risk-based thinking and planning. Control from ISO 55001 framework, domain: ISO 55001: Leadership & Planning.
- Asset management policy
- Strategic asset plan
- Roles and responsibility chart
- Resource plan
- Policy not endorsed
- No line of sight to objectives
- Unclear asset ownership
- Resource shortfalls
Resource management for quality. Control from ISO 55001 framework, domain: ISO 55001: Leadership & Planning.
- Asset management policy
- Strategic asset plan
- Roles and responsibility chart
- Resource plan
- Policy not endorsed
- No line of sight to objectives
- Unclear asset ownership
- Resource shortfalls
Organizational roles and responsibilities. Control from ISO 55001 framework, domain: ISO 55001: Leadership & Planning.
- Asset management policy
- Strategic asset plan
- Roles and responsibility chart
- Resource plan
- Policy not endorsed
- No line of sight to objectives
- Unclear asset ownership
- Resource shortfalls
ISO 55001: Operational Controls
Operational planning and control. Control from ISO 55001 framework, domain: ISO 55001: Operational Controls.
- Operating procedures
- Design control record
- Supplier evaluation
- Production records
- Undocumented operations
- Weak supplier oversight
- Change control gaps
- No service spec
Requirements for products and services. Control from ISO 55001 framework, domain: ISO 55001: Operational Controls.
- Operating procedures
- Design control record
- Supplier evaluation
- Production records
- Undocumented operations
- Weak supplier oversight
- Change control gaps
- No service spec
Design and development controls. Control from ISO 55001 framework, domain: ISO 55001: Operational Controls.
- Operating procedures
- Design control record
- Supplier evaluation
- Production records
- Undocumented operations
- Weak supplier oversight
- Change control gaps
- No service spec
Control of externally provided processes. Control from ISO 55001 framework, domain: ISO 55001: Operational Controls.
- Operating procedures
- Design control record
- Supplier evaluation
- Production records
- Undocumented operations
- Weak supplier oversight
- Change control gaps
- No service spec
Production and service provision controls. Control from ISO 55001 framework, domain: ISO 55001: Operational Controls.
- Operating procedures
- Design control record
- Supplier evaluation
- Production records
- Undocumented operations
- Weak supplier oversight
- Change control gaps
- No service spec
ISO 55001: Performance Evaluation
Monitoring, measurement, and analysis. Control from ISO 55001 framework, domain: ISO 55001: Performance Evaluation.
- Performance dashboard
- Internal audit schedule
- Management review minutes
- Customer satisfaction survey
- Lagging indicators only
- Audit scope gaps
- No survey follow-through
- NC not closed
Internal audit program. Control from ISO 55001 framework, domain: ISO 55001: Performance Evaluation.
- Performance dashboard
- Internal audit schedule
- Management review minutes
- Customer satisfaction survey
- Lagging indicators only
- Audit scope gaps
- No survey follow-through
- NC not closed
Management review process. Control from ISO 55001 framework, domain: ISO 55001: Performance Evaluation.
- Performance dashboard
- Internal audit schedule
- Management review minutes
- Customer satisfaction survey
- Lagging indicators only
- Audit scope gaps
- No survey follow-through
- NC not closed
Customer satisfaction measurement. Control from ISO 55001 framework, domain: ISO 55001: Performance Evaluation.
- Performance dashboard
- Internal audit schedule
- Management review minutes
- Customer satisfaction survey
- Lagging indicators only
- Audit scope gaps
- No survey follow-through
- NC not closed
Nonconformity and corrective action. Control from ISO 55001 framework, domain: ISO 55001: Performance Evaluation.
- Performance dashboard
- Internal audit schedule
- Management review minutes
- Customer satisfaction survey
- Lagging indicators only
- Audit scope gaps
- No survey follow-through
- NC not closed
Improvement
React to asset-related failures and AMS nonconformities, evaluate need for action and implement corrective action including reviewing effectiveness.
- Failure investigations
- Root cause register
- CAPA tracker
- Repeat failures
- No RCA culture
Establish processes to proactively identify potential failures in asset performance and evaluate need for preventive action.
- FMEA studies
- Predictive maintenance program
- Risk-based inspection plans
- No predictive maintenance
- FMEA outdated
Continually improve suitability, adequacy and effectiveness of asset management and AMS.
- Improvement initiatives register
- Maturity assessments
- Benchmarking studies
- No maturity baseline
- No benchmarking
Leadership
Top management demonstrates leadership for asset management including ensuring SAMP and asset management policy alignment with organizational objectives.
- Board AM mandate
- Resource commitments
- Management review chair record
- Asset manager isolated
- No board-level KPI
Establish asset management policy aligned with organizational objectives and providing framework for setting asset management objectives.
- Signed AM policy
- Communication evidence
- Periodic review log
- Policy not linked to org strategy
- No public version
Operation
Plan, implement and control processes needed to meet requirements and implement actions determined in planning including operations, maintenance and renewal.
- Maintenance strategy (RCM/FMEA)
- Work management process
- Spares management
- Reactive maintenance dominant
- No RCM
Assess risks associated with planned change to AMS or assets and control changes that could affect achievement of asset management objectives.
- MOC procedure
- Change impact assessments
- Pre/post-change reviews
- Operational changes bypass MOC
- No impact assessment
When outsourcing activities affecting achievement of asset management objectives, control and integrate these activities into AMS.
- Contractor management framework
- Service level agreements
- KPI reporting from contractors
- No data handback
- Contractor risk uncontrolled
Performance evaluation
Determine what needs monitoring including asset performance, asset management performance and AMS effectiveness and analyse data.
- KPI dashboards (asset/AM/AMS)
- Condition monitoring records
- Lifecycle cost reports
- Lagging KPIs only
- No condition monitoring
Conduct internal audits at planned intervals to evaluate AMS conformity and effective implementation.
- Audit programme
- Audit reports
- Auditor competence on AM
- Generic auditors
- No technical specialists
Top management reviews AMS at planned intervals to ensure continuing suitability, adequacy and effectiveness.
- Management review minutes
- SAMP review record
- Decision log
- No SAMP review
- Skipped inputs
Planning
Determine risks and opportunities affecting achievement of asset management objectives and plan actions.
- Asset risk register
- Criticality analysis
- Opportunity log
- No criticality ranking
- Risks not asset-specific
Establish asset management objectives consistent with policy at relevant functions and levels considering stakeholder requirements and financial criteria.
- AM objectives register
- LoS targets
- Cost/risk/performance balance
- Performance only
- No cost-risk tradeoff
Develop strategic asset management plan (SAMP) and asset management plans including activities, resources, responsibilities and timeframes over relevant horizons.
- Strategic Asset Management Plan
- Asset Management Plans by class
- Long-term capital forecast
- Lifecycle cost models
- No SAMP
- 5-year horizon only
- Capex/opex disconnected
Support
Determine and provide resources needed for establishment, implementation, maintenance and continual improvement of AMS.
- Resource plan
- Budget allocations
- Headcount plan
- Reactive maintenance budget only
- No improvement budget
Determine necessary competence of persons whose work affects asset performance and ensure competence through training, education or experience.
- AM competency framework
- Training matrix
- IAM/AMCL certifications register
- Tribal knowledge
- No succession plan
Determine information requirements supporting assets, asset management, AMS and achievement of organizational objectives including data quality.
- Asset information strategy
- Data quality framework
- EAM/CMMS structure
- Asset hierarchy
- Multiple disconnected registers
- Poor data quality
AMS includes documented information required by this standard and determined as necessary for effectiveness of AMS.
- Document register
- Procedure library
- Version control
- Inconsistent format
- Outdated procedures
Assembled from the framework’s own control set, so this list is regenerated rather than written and stays current as the graph does. See the ISO 55001 framework page.