ISO Certification Issue Log
This is a practical guide to building a issue log for an iso certification project — a register of problems that have occurred and need resolving, adapted to the realities of achieving an ISO management-system certification.
What a Issue Log is
A issue log is a register of problems that have occurred and need resolving. For the full concept and how it works in general, see Issue Log. On an iso certification project it plays the same role, tuned to this kind of work.
Why it matters for an ISO Certification project
ISO Certification projects live or die on achieving an ISO management-system certification. A well-built issue log gives the team a shared, explicit reference for exactly that — reducing ambiguity, aligning stakeholders, and making problems visible early enough to act. Skipping it, or doing it generically, is how iso certification projects drift into avoidable delay and cost.
What to include
- Issue description
- Priority and severity
- Owner
- Resolution and status
ISO Certification-specific considerations
Tailor the issue log to the risks that most often derail iso certification projects:
- Documentation and evidence
- Process adoption
- Audit readiness
Example
On a real iso certification project, the issue log would be shaped by achieving an ISO management-system certification. In particular, it should explicitly account for the project’s biggest risks — documentation and evidence, process adoption, audit readiness — rather than treating them as afterthoughts.