QMS, CAPA & Quality System Management worked example

Audit Readiness Score with audit finding severity of 15 score: a worked example

This scenario runs the audit readiness score calculation on the strong side: audit finding severity of 15 score, with every other input held at its documented default. Use it when audit readiness in qms, capa and quality system management needs a defensible ranking against other qms, capa and quality system management risks for the next review.

The inputs for this scenario

  • Audit finding severity (impact if cited): 15 score (raised for this scenario; the documented default is 6)
  • Audit gap occurrence (likelihood present): 4 score (unchanged)
  • Audit gap detection difficulty: 3 score (unchanged)

Working through the calculation

  • Applying the documented formula (Audit readiness risk score = audit readiness severity score × audit readiness occurrence score × audit readiness detection score) to the inputs above produces each figure below.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 8.15 score for audit readiness risk score, the number this scenario is built around.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 15 score for audit readiness severity score.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 4 score for audit readiness occurrence score.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 3 score for audit readiness detection score.

How this compares with the baseline

  • Against the tool's baseline example, where audit finding severity sits at 6 score and the headline result is 4.55 score, this scenario comes in 79.12% above the baseline at 8.15 score.
  • Use it during pre-audit self-assessment or internal audit planning to decide which gaps to close first. Treat this as a target state: the delta against the baseline quantifies what the improvement is worth before you commit to chasing it.

Results at a glance

  • Audit readiness risk score: 8.15 score (headline result)
  • Audit readiness severity score: 15 score
  • Audit readiness occurrence score: 4 score
  • Audit readiness detection score: 3 score

Run it with your numbers

  • Every input above is editable in the live Audit Readiness Score calculator, which recalculates instantly and can be shared with the inputs intact.

Last reviewed 2026-05-12.