Final report narrative

At the end of the audit, a Final Report Narrative is written by the QAU to the Project Manager. The format of the Narrative is similar to that of the Inspection Report. Once again the Project Manager responds in writing, thus establishing a loop the completed Narrative is then forwarded to upper management. 

The QAU audit should verify the accuracy and completeness of data and information presented in the final report. The audit should include the narrative description of materials, methods, and results as well as aU tabulated data. 

Leibowitz, S. G. and J. M. Hill. 1987. Spatial analysis of Louisiana coastal land loss. In R. E. Turner and D. R. Gaboon (eds.) Causes of Wetland Loss in the Coastal Central Gulf of Mexico. Volume II Technical Narrative. Final report submitted to minerals Management Srvice, New Orleans, LA. Contract No. 14-12-001-30252. OCS Study/MMS 87-0120. 400 pp. 

Once all the data have been evaluated and the PHA worksheet is completed, a formal report should be written documenting the results of the analysis. The narrative report typically includes a summary of all significant findings associated with operational risk. Recommendations for hazard elimination/control are also included in the report as well as suggestions for follow-on analyses. Although not entirely necessary, depending on the nature of the operation, process, or system, it is also useful to include a brief description of the project itself, its purpose and/or function as it relates to overall operations. The PHA/PHL worksheets are usually provided in the report as backup data to verify the report contents. Finally, the PHA report should also include a brief discussion of the methods used to develop the analysis (ETBA, FMEA, checklists, matrices, etc.), so that the reader can validate the report data, if required (Stephenson 1991). 

The final O SHA report should include a description of the system or product, including any operating and maintenance organization/personnel and procedures. The main body of the report should provide a narrative concentrating on the key findings of the analysis with any recommended hazard control solutions. Usually, a calendar schedule showing anticipated dates of subsequent, future O SHAs is included in the report along with the completed O SHA worksheets (Stephenson 1991). 

Chapters 2 and 3 of this book described some of the environmental and regulatory aspects of 1,4-DCB (CAS 104-46-7, also known as para-dichloro-benzene or p-dichlorobenzene). The narrative that follows traces the issues that evolved from the 1975 report by the US EPA to the final decision by the European Commission in 2014 to ban certain uses of the substance. 

In the final narrative, first-hand experience counts more than secondhand narrative, even when the secondhand observer reports information from miners who presumably had temporal advantage as observers during the crisis. When miners disagree, Nagy can test the rhetorical certainty of their observation by measuring the degree of distance between the observers viewpoint and the events they describe." ... 

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