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- Introduction
- Key takeaway
- Key topics (1)
- Atul Mathur
- Why does the quality of SOPs matter?
- SOP quality
- Typical SOP bugs
- Low-quality SOPs: snowball effect
- How to define SOP quality?
- User needs
- SOP quality: shell and core
- Rate your SOPs
- What does it take to write high-quality SOPs?
- Key topics (2)
- The whole is greater than the sum of its parts
- Structure of SOPs
- So many sections
- Overall structure
- How to write individual sections of an SOP ?
- Purpose
- Scope
- Procedure or method
- Avoid overloading a step
- Procedure formats
- Procedure: key checks
- Example – revision
- Key topics (3)
- Process
- Most organizations have SOPs for all kinds of processes… but not for writing SOPs.
- SOP writing: 3-step process
- SOP writing: overall process
- Know the users 360º
- Write with a specific person in mind
- Define the purpose
- Process mapping
- Gather other information
- Write the first draft
- Revise
- Desk review: use checklist (1)
- Desk review: use checklist (2)
- Field testing
- Final reviews and approval
- Key topics (4)
- Best writing practices
- Imperative sentences
- Write short sentences (1)
- Easy to understand: A or B
- Long sentences sink
- Write short sentences (2)
- Be concise
- Be concise: example
- Conciseness: art of distillation
- Avoid unnecessary phrases
- Be specific (1)
- Be specific (2)
- Use parallel phrasing
- Parallel phrasing
- Conclusion (1)
- Conclusion (2)
- Acknowledgements
Topics Covered
- Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) writing
- SOP quality and snowball effect
- Key attributes of SOPs
- Purpose, scope, procedure and revision history
- Best writing practices
Talk Citation
Mathur, A. (2024, November 28). Writing high-quality standard operating procedures [Video file]. In The Biomedical & Life Sciences Collection, Henry Stewart Talks. Retrieved December 19, 2024, from https://doi.org/10.69645/BTOD1075.Export Citation (RIS)
Publication History
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- There are no financial/commercial matters to disclose.
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0:00
Hello I'm Atul Mathur
and welcome to this talk
on writing high quality
standard operating procedures.
0:09
What this talk is all about.
Do you work in a pharmaceutical
biotech company or
laboratory where you need to
write standard operating
procedures SOPs?
Do you find it
challenging to write
SOPs which are complex
technical documents?
Do you find these
documents are often too
long, complicated and
difficult to understand?
If your answer is yes, yes,
yes then this talk can help you.
First, it can make it easier and
more efficient for
you to write SOPs.
Second, it will empower you
to write high quality SOPs.
It is important
to highlight that
this talk is not
about writing SOPs on
a particular
subject, rather it's
about writing any SOP
regardless of the subject.
1:08
What we are going to talk
about in the next 45
-60 minutes basically
five items.
First, we will discuss why
the quality of SOPs matters
in the first place.
Why should we bother to put in
extra effort and time to
write high quality SOPs?
Second, how to define
the quality of SOPs.
What are the key attributes?
Then we will talk about
three building blocks
to produce high quality SOPs.
Structure of SOPs, process of
writing SOPs and best
writing practices.
That's the agenda and
let's get started.