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Chapter 4: Project implementation: office work
d) Auditors will then issue a final Validation Report, which will
include their recommendation to the standard organization
regarding whether or not to approve the PD/PDD.
e) The standard organization itself may conduct a Technical
Review of the auditors’ work to make sure that the auditors
have followed the correct procedures. These internal quality
assurance and quality control (QA/QC) exercises will be
followed by the organization’s final Validation Opinion for the
project.
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