Document & Work-Product Review

Review what the work products actually say — not just whether they exist.

PEDCO review expertise combined with AI-assisted content analysis, examining selected work products against the process, expected structure, templates, requirements, and relevant quality criteria.

What a checklist cannot answer
Required artifact presentpresent
Is it complete?unanswered
Is it internally consistent?unanswered
Does it follow the template?unanswered
Is it sufficient for its purpose?unanswered
Findings that stay connected to the process or requirement behind them.
Overview

Existence is easy to verify. Substance is not.

A checklist can confirm that a required artifact exists. It cannot determine whether the artifact is complete, consistent, useful, and aligned with the process expectations behind it.

Objective

Identify substantive content-quality issues earlier and create actionable findings that remain connected to the process or requirement behind them.

Review scope can include
  • Requirements specifications
  • Architecture documents
  • Design descriptions
  • Safety artifacts
  • Test strategies and reports
  • Quality documents
  • Review records
  • Release artifacts
  • Plans
  • Traceability outputs
  • Other defined work products
Review dimensions
  • Completeness
  • Expected content
  • Template adherence
  • Internal consistency
  • Contradictions
  • Missing information
  • Required relationships
  • Traceability
  • Process expectations
  • Applicable requirements
  • Document-specific quality criteria

Which dimensions apply depends on the artifact and the engagement.

How the service works

Five steps from criteria to prioritized issues.

  1. Define the review criteria

    Select the work products, process expectations, templates, and requirements that matter.

  2. Analyse the content

    AI assists in reviewing larger volumes of content and identifying candidate issues.

  3. Relate findings to context

    Connect observations to the applicable process element, requirement, template, or quality expectation.

  4. Expert review

    PEDCO or customer experts validate material findings and determine the actions required.

  5. Prioritize improvements

    Focus attention on the issues most likely to affect quality, assurance, or downstream work.

Deliverables
  • Reviewed work-product set
  • Content-quality findings
  • Requirement / process relationships
  • Prioritized issues
  • Expert observations
  • Improvement recommendations
Relationship to Review Board Service

The Review Board Service is a broader recurring independent review of selected endeavors and critical points, and already includes substantive document review. Document & Work-Product Review can be used as:

Look inside the evidence, not only at the checklist.