Risk scoring on CAPAs, before and after
in progress
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QualityCore Product
Score the risk of an issue when you open a CAPA, then score it again once the corrective action has been done — so the record shows whether the risk actually came down.
What we are aiming at:
- Severity, occurrence and detectability scored on a scale your organisation sets, producing a single risk number
- An initial score at CAPA opening and a re-score at effectiveness verification, with the change shown on the record
- Both scores included in what gets signed, so the numbers are part of the signed record rather than editable afterwards
- Risk scores that can be trended across your whole CAPA programme, not just read one record at a time
Why this matters: quality managers tell us that an effectiveness check written as a paragraph asks an auditor to take your word for it, while a before-and-after score shows the improvement as a measurement. It also makes effectiveness something you can trend across a programme rather than something you re-read case by case.
Update, 3 November 2026: now live where enabled for your organization: an initial risk score when the CAPA opens and a residual score once the actions are complete, using severity, occurrence and detectability on a 1 to 10 scale. The CAPA shows both scores and the reduction, and keeps an append-only history. Still to come: a scale your organization sets, the scores inside the signed record, and trends across the CAPA programme.
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Amar Singh
updated the status to
in progress
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Amar Singh
updated the status to
planned