Design review 1

The purpose of design review 1 is to ensure that all user requirements have been identified and that design assumptions are consistent with objectives.

The first design review takes place after initial functional specifications for the system are complete. No detailed design for the system is or should be available at this point. The review of the specifications will determine whether the project is ready to proceed to a more detailed design. When design review 1 concludes successfully, its output is an approved set of initial functional specifications.

People who attend design review 1, in addition to the regular attendees, include someone from the organization that developed the requirement and anyone participating in the development of detailed design. You are at the review primarily for information. You also look at:

• The relationship between data elements
• Whether any of the needed data already exists