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A strong corrective action plan addresses the problem at the right level: it distinguishes immediate correction from systemic corrective action, avoids declaring a root cause before evidence supports it, assigns specific owners and due dates, and defines how effectiveness will be verified after implementation.
Corrective action plan Trigger/finding: [x] Problem statement: [evidence + scope] Immediate correction/containment: [x] Cause status: [verified / under investigation] Cause evidence: [x] Corrective action: [x] Owner: [x] Due date: [x] Completion evidence: [x] Effectiveness measure/date: [x] Closure authority: [required process]
Action tracker Finding | cause | action | owner | due date | completion evidence | effectiveness criterion | verification result | status
Cause-to-action check Problem: [x] Verified contributing/root cause: [x] Why proposed action addresses it: [x] What the action does not address: [x] Potential unintended effect: [x] Effectiveness evidence: [x]
Corrective-action audit Problem evidence clear? [ ] Correction separated from corrective action? [ ] Cause supported? [ ] Action tied to cause? [ ] Owner/date explicit? [ ] Effectiveness check defined? [ ] Required CAPA/compliance process checked? [ ]
Source-ledger and revision-history audit for Corrective Action Plan: claim / recommendation / example → [ ]; source or project record ID → [ ]; source status active / superseded / corrected / retracted / retired → [ ]; claim-level last verified date/version → [ ]; event that triggered recheck → [ ]; correction / withdrawal action → [ ]; reader-facing disclosure needed? → [ ]; what changed and why → [ ]; prior wording/version retained at → [ ].
Claim/source status audit: Item [claim/source/example] | Status [active / review due / stale / corrected / retracted / superseded] | Controlling source/version [x] | Last verified [date/version] | Stale trigger [x] | Correction severity [0–3] | Reader disclosure [none / note / correction / withdrawal] | Changelog entry [what changed + why].
Dependency and propagation audit: Claim / example / recommendation [x] | Controlling source / project record [x] | Dependency strength [direct / shared / advisory / independent] | Review trigger / reason code [x] | Needs-review scope [local / direct dependents / cluster] | Replacement source requirements [x] | Carry-forward decision [x] | Propagation targets [x] | Reader disclosure / changelog action [x].
Persistent editorial registry audit: Topic slug → [ ]; claim UID/key → [ ]; source UID/key → [ ]; dependency UID + strength → [ ]; source status/version → [ ]; open review UID/reason/priority → [ ]; replacement source if any → [ ]; reviewer + resolution → [ ].