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A design review is a milestone within a product development process whereby a design is evaluated against its requirements in order to verify the outcomes of previous activities and identify issues before committing to—and, if need be, to re-prioritise—further work.[1] The ultimate design review, if successful, therefore triggers the product launch or product release.
The conduct of design reviews is compulsory as part of design controls, when developing products in certain regulated contexts such as medical devices.
By definition, a review must include persons who are external to the design team.
- ^ Ichida, Takashi (2019-12-06). Product Design Review: A Methodology for Error-Free Product Development. Routledge. p. 3. ISBN 978-1-351-42125-6.