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Audit Programme

What is Audit Programme?

A set of one or more audits planned for a specific time frame and directed towards a specific purpose. Audit programmes define the overall approach, scheduling, and resourcing for audit activities over a defined period.

Audit

Each of these is named in at least one of the same controls as audit programme. The number is how many controls name both.

What the standards actually require on audit programme

Requirements naming audit programme across 6 standards, quoted from the control text.

ISO 19011:201812 controls

Requirement defined in ISO 19011:2018, clause 5.6 (Monitoring audit programme). See licensed source for normative text. Implementation focus is to demonstrate conformity with the obligations of this clause through the artefacts listed in evidence_requirements.

iso-19011-2018::5.6 · Monitoring audit programme

Identify and treat risks and opportunities that affect achievement of the audit programme.

27007-5.3 · Audit Programme Risks
ISO 22301:20192 controls

Plan, establish, implement and maintain an audit programme covering frequency, methods, responsibilities, planning requirements and reporting, weighted by the importance of the processes concerned and the results of previous audits;

iso-22301-2019::9.2.2 · Audit programme(s)
ISO 31000:20182 controls

Audit programme manager implements programme by defining audit objectives, assigning teams and managing outcomes.

5.5 · Implementing Audit Programme
ISO 45001:20182 controls

Audit programme is established including scope, schedules, methods, resources and procedures.

5.4 · Establishing Audit Programme

Audit programme is established including scope, schedules, methods, resources and procedures.

5.4 · Establishing Audit Programme

Questions people ask about audit programme

What is Audit Programme?
A set of one or more audits planned for a specific time frame and directed towards a specific purpose. Audit programmes define the overall approach, scheduling, and resourcing for audit activities over a defined period.
Why is Audit Programme important for compliance?
Audit Programme is a key concept in Audit. Understanding audit programme helps organizations meet regulatory requirements, reduce risk, and demonstrate due diligence during audits. Our compliance platform maps 686 frameworks with 311K cross-framework control mappings.
Which compliance frameworks address Audit Programme?
Audit Programme appears in the requirement text of ISO 19011:2018, ISO/IEC 27007:2020, ISO 22301:2019, ISO 31000:2018, ISO 45001:2018. Across these standards we have identified 26 controls that name it directly, each linked to the control text on the compliance platform.
Where can I learn more about Audit Programme?
Explore our compliance framework pages to see how audit programme applies across different standards and regulations. Our implementation guides provide step-by-step guidance, and the compliance platform offers AI-powered analysis of how this concept maps across 686 frameworks.

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Written and maintained by Gerard Blokdyk, The Art of Service.