DARPA-BAA-15-49_Appendix_B.pdf

DARPA-BAA-15-49 -- Appendix B

APPENDIX B: CRITICAL DESIGN REVIEW

Objective:

The CDR is a multi-disciplinary technical review that assesses the final design as captured in product specifications for each component in the system and ensures that each product specification has been captured in detailed design documentation. Product specifications for hardware and software should be at a sufficient level of detail to enable the fabrication and coding to begin. The CDR also evaluates test and verification planning documentation to ensure the appropriate activities have been identified to verify requirements at the component, subsystem, and system levels within the current allocated budget and schedule. All planned technical risk mitigation activities should be complete and technical risks should be reduced to acceptable levels. A successful review is predicated on the determination that the detailed system design documentation, risk mitigation results, and plans for test and evaluation form a satisfactory basis for proceeding into system fabrication, integration, and test.

Tailored Products and Success Criteria:

Program Goals & Approach PDR info updated as required

System Detailed Design

Final system design configuration (i.e., product specification) satisfies requirements in design specification to include:

Power consumption

Thermal management

Environment

Failure modes and safety analysis complete

Hardware component design

Hardware component interfaces

Hardware interfaces to platform

Detailed software development plan

Information flow and interfaces between software units to include data source, destination, and interrelationships

Processor(s), timing, data storage allocations

Analysis/test results support design compliance

Plans for analysis/test of demonstration system

Procured items list finalized

Spare parts and GFE identified

Long lead items updated

Lead times/status

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Cost update

Final Design Documentation Covering System And Its Components > 85% complete

Detailed engineering drawings and specifications

Material and parts lists

Supplier component parts data

Program Plan and Management Processes

Risk Management (per Risk Management Plan)

Test/verification plans and procedures

Production/manufacturing processes; material flows

Quality Control processes

Vendor/Subcontractor management plan

Integrated master schedule

Integrated master plan

Milestones and completion criteria

System Support Launch opportunity identified, if applicable

Logistics support plan finalized

Support equipment list finalized, to include Government furnished equipment

Program Cost Estimate Consistent With Technical Risk And Available Resources