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  Design Process Management  

A business will maximise its return on design investment if it manages design activity effectively. This involves monitoring the resources that are being invested in design activity and tracking time scales to ensure projects proceed according to plan. Managing the design process also requires careful monitoring of design requirements throughout the design project, usually through review meetings. Care has to be taken to ensure these are effectively established at the beginning of design activity and are used to direct the development of design solutions.

Evidence that might be accessed
bullet Evidence of design project management. For example, outputs from review meetings, design briefs, time plans etc.
bullet General questioning of design project activity: Does the business hold review meetings to monitor design project activity? How does the business manage design requirements? Does the business establish clear design briefs at the start of design projects?


Does the business understand how design activity can be managed?

Level 1
The business has no mechanisms or experience in managing design

Level 2
The business uses informal undocumented mechanisms for establishing and monitoring costs, time scales and design requirements within design projects

Level 3
The business uses documentation in establishing and monitoring costs, time scales and design requirements within design projects through regular reviews

Level 4
The business has established procedures for risk managing design projects through regular reviews and is actively engaged in streamlining and improving these mechanisms

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