How do you review SOPs in your organization?

I have often seen people reviewing draft SOPs and giving a few initial comments in the first round of the review process, but then coming up with a few more new comments in the second round—and still more comments in the third round! The key flaw in this process?

Besides being time-consuming, the comments can often be random with no specific order. And even after several rounds of review, you may still miss out on issues that affect the quality of the document. The final outcome is often not the highest quality you can attain for your SOPs.

What’s the solution that is efficient and ensures quality? Well, a simple checklist!

Reviewing SOPs with a checklist provides a consistent, systematic, and objective way to ensure nothing important is missed out in the review process. And it helps you to maintain a consistently high quality of SOPs regardless of who is writing and reviewing.

Here is a short video on the power of a checklist.

Finally, here is a sample checklist for you to try out with your SOPs:

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