Review Materials

Definition

Review materials are a quality engineering work product that are presented to the reviewers during a review.

Objectives

The typical objectives of review materials are to:

• Document the results of a review.

Benefits

The typical benefits of review materials include:

• A review report report provides a formal record of the review (e.g., for contractual purposes).

Contents

Review materials typically have the following contents:

• Purpose of the Review
• Summary of the Phase Reviewed
  • Objectives
  • Deliverable Work Products Produced
  • Activities and Tasks Performed
  • Teams involved
• Major Work Products

Stakeholders

Review materials typically have the following stakeholders:

• Producers:
  • Endeavor Manager
  • Technical Leader
  • Graphic Artist
  • Technical Writer
• Evaluators:
  • None.
• Approvers:
  • Endeavor Manager
  • Technical Leader
  • Customer Representative
• Maintainers:
  • Not changed once completed and placed under configuration control
• Users:
  • Customer Representative(s)
  • Partner Representative(s)
  • Subcontractor Representative(s)
  • Endeavor Manager

Phases

Review materials are typically produced and maintained during the following phases:

• Business Strategy: Completed
• Business Optimization: Not Applicable
• Initiation: Completed
• Construction: Completed
• Delivery: Completed
• Usage: Not Applicable
• Retirement: Completed

Preconditions

Review materials can be started if the following preconditions hold:

• TBD

Inputs

The typical inputs to review materials include:

• Work Products:
  • Baselined work products
• Stakeholders:
  • None

Guidelines

• TBD

Conventions

Review materials is typically constrained by the following conventions:

• Work Flow
• Content and Format Standard
• MS Word Template
• XML Template
• Inspection Checklist

Examples

• Example Review Materials