ABSTRACT
The Design Road Map is started at the beginning of a project, and progressively completed as the project moves through its stages. All architects and other designers do design review, usually informally, as a 'desktop crit', and usually without keeping any records of the review. These reviews typically look only at the design itself, at its internal cohesion, rather than focusing on whether the design is actually complying with its requirements. A design review checklist is an excellent prompt for the review process, which can also serve as the planning and recording tool. If a well-designed form is used to plan, prompt and record the design review, the cost of this formal review process would be no greater than an informal review. The benefits of this formal review, however, could be very significant.
