ISO 17025 Success Factors

Research into what makes a ISO 17025 implementation a success has revealed 11 Critical Success Factors. They are, in order of importance: -

• Top management leadership & commitment
• A simple, comprehensive implementation plan
• Training & support for everyone involved or affected by the implementation project
• Buy-in and voluntary support & commitment from a critical mass of people (>1 person, building to 25% of employees)
• Early successes that clearly prove that ISO 17025 will benefit customers, suppliers, management, and especially workers
• Adequate resources and time to achieve all that needs to be done
• Rapid and effective communication, feedback, and recognition on efforts made, results achieved, and work to be done
• Expert, pre-experienced advise, coaching, cheerleading, pre-warnings, and technical expertise on ISO 17025 implementation.
• Auditing, training, and remedial assistance to achieve consistent compliance to minimum requirements.
• Dress-rehersal audit, final fixes, then formal Registration Audit by Accredited Registrar
• Continuous assessment, improvement, and re-registration of systems.