Review input elements
Introducing quality assurance into design projects

Design project inputs should be reviewed prior to engaging in design activities by those directly involved in those activities, to ensure that:

• essential requirements are defined, complete, unambiguous and not contradictory;

• the knowledge and experience available within the company enable these requirements to be met by solutions that are known and mastered, or accessible through a research or development effort compatible with the timescales and costs allocated to the project.

Input elements are globally defined at the start of the design project. They concern :

• functional and performance characteristics of the product or service, as well as the criteria by which the customer is likely to evaluate it and influence his level...