<b>SOP: Quarterly SOP audit</b>

<b>SOP: Quarterly SOP audit</b>
Run this every quarter so your runbooks don't rot.

<b>Stage 1 — Inventory</b>
— ☐ Ops lead lists every SOP and the date it was last edited
— ☐ Ops lead flags any SOP older than 6 months for review

<b>Stage 2 — Test against reality</b>
— ☐ Each SOP owner walks their process and marks steps that no longer match how work happens
— ☐ Owner deletes dead steps and adds any undocumented step people do from memory

<b>Stage 3 — Re-anchor ownership</b>
— ☐ Owner confirms the Owner/Trigger/Done-when line still names a real, current person
— ☐ Ops lead archives SOPs for tools or networks you no longer use

<b>Owner:</b> Ops lead (audit), each SOP owner (their doc)
<b>Trigger:</b> Start of each quarter
<b>Done-when:</b> Every SOP is either updated, archived, or confirmed current with a live owner.

An unmaintained SOP is worse than none. Save this. Run it every time.