List of external documents and Quality Manual

1. Clarification on the incoming document register and the list of external documents
a. I cannot identify any external documents that we would list in this record?
b. Should the incoming document register only apply to the documents identified in the list of external documents?

List of external documents should contain all external documents related to the QMS, for example the standard, the documentation provided by the certification body or customer that want to perform 2nd party audit of your company, etc.

2. I have read through the list of tasks in the project but cannot see where the quality manual is created?
a. Apologies if I have just missed this but if you could point me to it or explain where in the process it is created that would be great

There is no particular task for writing the quality manual in the Conformio Step-b y-Step guidance for ISO 9001 implementation simply because it is not a mandatory document and some companies may decide not to write that document at all. I would suggest you to write the manual at the end when you finish all the documents, so you will know exactly what information should be a part of it. For example, you might miss to write something in the procedure, or it doesn't fit, so you can put it in the manual.