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PDR and CDR design reviews

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A two-hour preliminary or critical design review: entrance criteria, requirements trace, subsystem walkthrough, RID disposition and a board call.

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120 min · 10 blocks, drawn to scale Fits exactly
  1. Entrance criteria: are we ready to hold this review?, 5 minutes 5
  2. Objectives and success criteria for this review, 5 minutes 5
  3. Requirements trace: each requirement to design and verification, 15 minutes 15
  4. Design walkthrough by subsystem, 30 minutesInfo 30
  5. Interfaces and integration, 10 minutes 10
  6. Break, 10 minutes 10
  7. Risks, margins and open trades, 15 minutes 15
  8. Review item discrepancies (RIDs): disposition each one, 15 minutes 15
  9. Board recommendation, 5 minutes 5
  10. Action items, owners and close dates, 10 minutes 10
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  1. +0′Entrance criteria: are we ready to hold this review?Tip: Check the data package was delivered on time and the prerequisites are closed. If not, say so now rather than holding a review that can't pass.5 minInfo
  2. +5′Objectives and success criteria for this reviewTip: PDR: the preliminary design meets the requirements with acceptable risk and is ready for detailed design. CDR: the design is mature enough to proceed to fabrication, assembly, integration and test.5 minInfo
  3. +10′Requirements trace: each requirement to design and verificationTip: Show the traceability matrix. Spend time on requirements without a design element or without a verification method; those are the gaps.15 minInfo
  4. +25′Design walkthrough by subsystemTip: Each subsystem lead gets a fixed slot. Ask for margins (mass, power, budget, schedule) on one slide each.30 minInfo
  5. +55′Interfaces and integrationTip: Look for interface definitions that are still TBD. They're the most common reason a CDR slips.10 minDiscuss
  6. +65′Break10 minBreak
  7. +75′Risks, margins and open tradesTip: Top risks with likelihood, consequence and mitigation. Any trade study still open at CDR needs a closure date.15 minDiscuss
  8. +90′Review item discrepancies (RIDs): disposition each oneTip: Accept, reject with reason, or convert to an action. Submit RIDs before the meeting so this is disposition, not discovery.15 minDiscuss
  9. +105′Board recommendationHas the design met this review's success criteria?Tip: The board chair decides; the vote shows where the board stands.5 minVote
  10. +110′Action items, owners and close dates10 minWrap-up

In short

A preliminary design review (PDR) checks that a design meets its requirements with acceptable risk before detailed design starts; a critical design review (CDR) checks it is mature enough to build and test. This two-hour agenda covers entrance criteria, the requirements trace, subsystem walkthroughs, risks, RID disposition and the board's recommendation.
Time
2 hours
People
Review board, subsystem leads
Works for
PDR, CDR and delta reviews
Plan
Pro

Updated October 4, 2026

What's inside

By the end of this meeting, the board has decided whether the success criteria are met and every review item discrepancy has a disposition, owner and close date. The full agenda is drawn to scale above: every block has its own timer when you run it live.

How to run it

  1. 1Publish the entrance and success criteria with the review invitation, and deliver the data package early enough for reviewers to read it.
  2. 2Ask reviewers to submit RIDs before the meeting so the session disposes of them instead of discovering them.
  3. 3Timebox each subsystem walkthrough and keep the requirements trace on screen when gaps come up.
  4. 4For a CDR, rename the meeting and use the CDR success criteria. The structure stays the same.
  5. 5End with the board's recommendation and an action list. Agendiq's summary records the decision and every action owner.

Questions people ask

What is the difference between PDR and CDR?
A PDR shows the preliminary design meets requirements with acceptable risk and can proceed to detailed design. A CDR shows the detailed design is mature enough to proceed to fabrication, assembly, integration and test.
What is a RID in a design review?
A review item discrepancy: a formal comment from a reviewer about a problem in the design or data package. Each one is accepted, rejected with a reason, or turned into an action.
What is a constructability review?
The construction equivalent: builders review the design documents before bidding or construction to catch details that are hard to build, sequence or inspect. This agenda works for it with the walkthrough organized by building system.

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