# SOP Audit Readiness Checklist

Use this checklist to assess SOP ownership, review discipline, acknowledgments, and evidence readiness.

How to use it:
- Mark each statement as true, partially true, or not true today.
- Circle the items that create the most audit or operational pain.
- Bring those gaps into a workflow teardown or pilot discussion.

## SOP control and ownership
- [ ] Every critical SOP has a single owner and backup reviewer.
- [ ] Each SOP has an approved version, status, and review cadence.
- [ ] Outdated SOPs are archived instead of left in circulation.
- [ ] Staff know where the current version lives.

## Audit trail and acknowledgments
- [ ] You can show who approved each SOP and when.
- [ ] Acknowledgment-required SOPs are assigned and tracked.
- [ ] You can identify missing acknowledgments in under five minutes.
- [ ] Review reminders are automated before due dates are missed.

## Compliance readiness
- [ ] Policies and SOPs can be mapped to internal controls or external framework requirements.
- [ ] You can export a current SOP package for audit or board review.
- [ ] You have a repeatable process for documenting SOP changes.
- [ ] Operations, compliance, and team leads work from the same source of truth.

Suggested next step:
Pick one audit-critical SOP workflow and document how draft, review, approval, acknowledgment, and export happen today.

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