The following is a simple scenario that I have come up with for describing what is required for contract review and design

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The following is a simple scenario that I have come up
with for describing what is required for contract review and design
requirements.

Lets say that you want to buy a new set of golf clubs. If you go to Wal-Mart
and buy something off the shelf, there are no design requirements. The
advertised price for these could be thought of as the quote. Contract review
takes place at the checkout where the clerk scans the price and makes sure
that you are getting what you paid for and resolves any differences (wrong
price, sale period has expired, etc.). The record of this review goes into
their accounting database.

Now lets say that you want to buy some custom clubs at a pro shop. In this
case, design will be involved. You tell the club designer that you would
like 49" graphite shafts, leather grips and a certain type of forged
heads( this ends up being the design brief as it is sometimes called). This
is where the design section of AS/ISO states that you will take into account
any related information from contract review. You will probably receive a
quote at this time which is also part of contract review.

Now lets say that the club designer sketches up a drawing of the clubs you
have described. This is the design. He then asks you if he has got it right,
if yes, you sign off or approve the design, if not you tell him to re-draw
it. This is a portion of the design review, where you get agreement that
the design meets the requirements. Now we move on and the clubs have been
completed. The club designer does a first article on the clubs and verifies
that they are 49" long, they are the correct flex of graphite shaft and that
the correct heads have been assembled properly to the shafts and that the
grips are on straight. That is design verification. Before you pay for the
clubs you are allowed an opportunity to hit them, this is design validation.
If the clubs were not designed properly they will not function so its back
to the drawing board. Otherwise, if you can indeed hit the clubs then the
validation is complete. The pro may have done some cycle testing of these as
well.

So now you pay the pro shop the amount that was quoted you, they count the
money (p.o.) and make sure that it matches the quote. Contract Review
completed.

Hope this helps,

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