To begin with, a design review is a process of confirming that the design process is on course and has completed all assigned tasks. Design verification is when a design is tested, compared, or otherwise examined to see if all requirements from design input are being met. This is a new requirement for this section. Once the design if verified as meeting all requirement, a validation examination begins. Now the finished design is tested under conditions of actual usage.
Reliability testing is one good example of validation work.
Therefore, you now have to constantly review design projects to keep them on track with stated requirements, verify that the design meets the requirements, and then validate the product. In other words, our original advice that you investigate project management techniques and other formal methods of controlling projects is now reinforced. The new ISO 9001 is requiring an even stricter method of design control to ensure that the product meets expectations. Thus, your design function has to have an even higher level of discipline. Project teams with excellent record keeping, including the minutes of every meeting, are recommended.