ISO 9001:2026. Quality Management System (QMS) Lead Auditor (Udemy.com)

This course explains, in plain English, all the requirements of ISO 9001:2026 — the current edition of the world's most widely used standard. It goes through the intent of each subclause, offers solutions and examples for implementing a quality management system (QMS), and provides guidance on auditing one, in internal or external audits.

The course does not simply read out the requirements of the standard: it explains what each requirement is for, and how organizations can meet the requirement in practice. After completing all the lessons you will have a thorough understanding of ISO 9001:2026, and you will be able to conduct or participate in the implementation or the auditing of a quality management system — whether you are building one for the first time or transitioning from the 2015 edition.

Course structure

• Introduction to quality management — the concepts of quality and the quality management system, the most relevant standards of the ISO 9000 series, a short history of ISO 9001, and the concepts at the heart of the standard: process approach, risk-based and opportunity-based thinking

• The requirements of ISO 9001:2026 — the core of the course, follows the structure of the standard: going from the context of the organization and the QMS scope; through leadership and the involvement of top management; the quality policy; roles, responsibilities and authorities; risks and opportunities; quality objectives and the plans to achieve them; resources — infrastructure, process environment, monitoring and measuring resources, competence and organizational knowledge; documented information and its control; design and development of products and services; customer communication and the review of customer requirements; the control of externally provided processes, products and services (purchasing); identification and traceability; property belonging to customers or external providers; preservation; post-delivery activities; the release of products and services; dealing with nonconforming outputs; monitoring, measurement, analysis and evaluation; customer satisfaction; internal audits; management review; and nonconformity, corrective action and continual improvement

• Management system auditing — the principles of auditing, the types of management system audits, audit scope, objectives and criteria, conducting a QMS audit, the audit plan and the audit report, and how nonconformities and opportunities for improvement should be recorded, reported and managed.

The course covers the 2026 edition of ISO 9001 in full — including new requirements on climate change, quality culture and ethical behavior or the planning of changes.

Condensed, practical and always available

The course condenses the content of a 5-day in-class lead auditor training into 10 hours of video — and with lifetime access, you learn when you want, where you want, and come back whenever you need a refresher.

If you work with ISO 9001, or you want to enter quality management and take advantage of the opportunities in this field — this course is what you need