A free, no-nonsense Excel self-assessment for ISO 9001:2015, the quality management system. Rate your organisation against every requirement, see the gaps on a live dashboard, and build your path to certification.
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ISO 9001 is the world’s most widely used management system standard, with more than a million certificates issued. The 2015 edition sets the requirements for a Quality Management System, or QMS.
It is built on quality principles such as customer focus, leadership, process thinking, evidence-based decisions and continual improvement. The aim is consistent products and services, and rising customer satisfaction.
It follows the Clause 4 to 10 structure, with a substantial Clause 8 covering operations: from customer requirements through design and development, external providers, production and service, to control of nonconforming outputs.
It applies to organisations of any size in any sector. Certification is frequently a condition of doing business, and a well-run QMS reduces waste, rework and complaints.
Current edition, the fifth
Certificates worldwide
Clauses, numbered 4 to 10
Quality management principles
This workbook turns the whole standard into a working self-assessment. No consultants required to get started. Open it, answer honestly, and watch your position take shape on the dashboard.
Score each requirement twice, once for compliance and once for maturity. See where you conform on paper and where the practice is genuinely embedded.
Every clause from 4 to 10, the full 40 requirements, each with plain-English guidance on what an auditor looks for.
Compliance, average maturity, progress and a red, amber, green view by section. It updates itself as you type.
Capture the gap, the action, an owner and a target date next to every requirement, so the assessment doubles as your improvement plan.
Built around the exact structure a certification body audits, so your results point straight at what to fix before a review.
Standard Excel, no macros and nothing to install. Rate items with simple drop-downs. Works on the desktop app and in the browser.
Are you meeting the requirement today? Rate it Fully, Largely, Partially or Non-conformant, backed by evidence.
How embedded and repeatable is the approach, regardless of today's compliance? Rate it from 0, not started, to 4, optimised.
Front page to capture the audit scope dates, auditors and auditee.
How to run the audit, the audit method and the results key.
Audit Progess, conformity rate, non conformities and results by sections.
Every requirement with its verification questions, plus method, evidence and result.
Grab the Excel file. No sign-up wall, no macros, nothing to install.
Pick a compliance status and a maturity level from the drop-downs, and note your evidence.
See your overall position and the exact requirements that need attention.
Assign owners and target dates, then track progress to certification readiness.
The free tool shows where you stand. When you are ready to build the QMS, these paid resources from Risk Professionals get you there faster.
A complete, editable ISO 9001 document kit, mapped to the standard and ready to implement, so you never start from a blank page.
Accredited ISO 9001 training for your team, from foundation through lead implementer and lead auditor.
Hands-on help, from a gap assessment to a virtual executive who helps run the system with you.
Yes. The tool is offered free for your organisation’s own internal use, with no sign-up wall and no macros. You may use and reproduce it internally, but not sell, rebrand or redistribute it for commercial gain. Full terms are on the Cover sheet.
ISO 9001:2015, the fifth edition. It covers all management system requirements from clauses 4 to 10.
The tool includes plain-English guidance so you can start straight away. For a formal implementation or certification you should still obtain the official standard from ISO or an authorised reseller. The tool summarises the requirements and is not a substitute for the standard.
Compliance asks whether you meet the requirement today. Maturity asks how embedded, documented and repeatable the approach is. They are rated separately, because you can be compliant on paper yet immature in practice, or maturing but not yet compliant. Rating both gives a truer picture.
No. This self-assessment helps you understand your position and prioritise improvements. Certification can only be granted by an accredited certification body after a formal audit.