ISO/IEC TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION TS 17023 First edition 2013-08-01 Conformity assessment - Guidelines for determining the duration of management system certification audits Evaluation de la conformité Lignes directrices pour la détermination de la duree des audits de certification d'un systeme de management Reference number IS0/IEC TS 17023:2013(E) . @IS02013 nitted without license from IHS Not for Resale IS0/IEC TS 17023:2013(E) COPYRIGHTPROTECTEDDOCUMENT @IS02013 All rights reserved. Unless otherwise specified, no part of this publication may be reproduced or utilized otherwise in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, or posting on the internet or an intranet, without prior written permission. Permission can be requested from either ISO at the address below or ISO's member body in the country of the requester. ISO copyright office Case postale 56 : CH-1211 Geneva 20 Tel. + 41 22 749 01 11 Fax +4122 749 09 47 E-mail [email protected] Web www.iso.org Published in Switzerland @ IS0 2013 - All rights reserved No reproduction or networking permited without license from IHS Not for Resale IS0/IEC TS 17023:2013(E) Contents Page Foreword ..iv Introduction. .V 1 Scope. .1 2 Normative references ..1 3 Terms and definitions 1 4 Factors for the determination of the duration of management system certification audits.2 4.1 General 2 4.2 Relevant management system standard(s) and other requirements 2 4.3 Size and location(s) of the client organization.. 3 4.4 Complexity of the client's organization and management system 3 4.5 Technological and regulatory context. 3 4.6 Activities included in the scope of the management system. 4 4.7 Maturity and effectiveness of the management system 4 4.8 Risks associated with the products, processes or activities of the client organization 4 4.9 Culture 4 4.10 Integrated management system 5 4.11 Composition of the audit team 5 4.12 Other considerations ..5 5 Methodology for the calculation of the duration of management system certification audits .5 5.1 General 5 5.2 Development of a methodology .5 5.3 Implementation of the methodology 6 Bibliography 7 ii thout license from IHS Not for Resale