See Controls and Corrective Actions
in Your Flow Charts
Where are the controls?
Most flow charts don't consider controls except as part of a higher level function. For improvement, audit work, and Sarbanes-Oxley process documentation, this is a critical oversight.
Controls - Inspection
The Inspection symbol
tells you that the item is being checked to see if it is right
(correct, complete within standard, etc...). A Decision Point
typically follows an Inspection symbol, with at least one of the
alternatives shown as a dotted line. A dotted line represents a
Correction or Rejection routine. As with all the Graham Process
Symbols, control steps are identified for a SPECIFIC document /
item.If multiple items/steps represent a control, that's easily displayed as well. Simply draw a frame around the objects... and link from the frame (or from any individual symbol) to a Controls Matrix.
Look for the Inspection symbols
to find work being checked. At the top of the sample process flow chart, an Order
List is being used by the Building Engineer to check the Approval Copy of
the Receiving Ticket (follow the line to the left until you get to the Label
that identifies the item.
to find work being checked. At the top of the sample process flow chart, an Order
List is being used by the Building Engineer to check the Approval Copy of
the Receiving Ticket (follow the line to the left until you get to the Label
that identifies the item.