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Review Checklists: Critical Design Review
Quick Summary
A checklist to guide a Critical Design Review, held when a prototype exists that everyone can huddle around and constructively criticize.
What this is
A checklist to guide a Critical Design Review (CDR). This review, from the Quality Rapid Product Development methodology (QRPD), is held when a prototype exists that everyone can huddle around and constructively criticize. At this point a critical innovation has passed the "chicken test (an early "reality test" of the prototype)." The final CDR reviews the system "chicken test" results. A signoff form is included as part of the template.
Why it's useful
To convince everyone that a technical risk has been conquered. Or alternately, that it's "time to go back to the drawing board..." This is a project decision point for management: Is this project ready to proceed?
How to use it
The Design Review should be organized and lead by the project team leader. Use the checklist to focus on whether the known technical risk areas have been successfully reduced or eliminated, and whether any new risk areas have been identified.
Preliminary Design Review Checklist
Allows the Project Leader and team to suggest alternatives in product performance, time-to-market, product and project cost, and risks. Design should only have occurred at the sub-system and block diagram level at this point.
Detailed Design Review Checklist
Held during the Execution Phase, after a preliminary specification has been written, and sufficient detailed design work and/or simulation has occurred.
Final Design Review Checklist
Held after all design and documentation and most if not all testing is completed. Last milestone in the design process before release to pilot manufacturing.
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