A folder containing only favourable reports can tell an incomplete story. Relevant unsuccessful or unresolved evaluations need a traceable place in the decision record.
ASQ's auditing guidance centres on relevant, verifiable evidence assessed against defined criteria. ASQ — Auditing.
Preserve the sequence
For a material or construction review, identify which result prompted a change and which later evidence assessed the response. Do not overwrite the earlier finding merely because another sample looked better.
Explain the current conclusion
State why the latest evidence supports the intended decision and which boundaries remain. A clear history helps distinguish an effective correction from selective presentation. The objective is an understandable technical basis, not a file set arranged to look uniformly successful.
Source reviewed 25 October 2026. Interpretation and original diagrams: PLUSHIP / Qunhe. Examples are illustrative.
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