APQP Checklist

• Project Name

• Company

• Location
  Address

• Project Manager

• Conducted on

  Date

Planning and Management

• Are there personnel defined with the responsibility of APQP planning and management?

  Yes

  No

• Is adequate training or skill available to the APQP cross-functional team?

  Yes

  No

• Select all that apply

  Select Project Management Techniques Timing/Critical Path Planning Team Building Budgeting Other

  • Project Management Techniques
  • Timing/Critical Path Planning
  • Team Building
  • Budgeting
  • Other

• Specify

• Select the needed training/s or skill/s

  Select Project Management Techniques Timing/Critical Path Planning Team Building Budgeting Other

  • Project Management Techniques
  • Timing/Critical Path Planning
  • Team Building
  • Budgeting
  • Other

• Specify

• Are System Level Project Plans utilized?

  Yes

  No

• Select all that apply

  Select Team identification for major product systems Definition of major milestone timing Identification of system level risk assessment review criteria with review schedules Identification of analytical studies and testing with timing Training Plans Deliverable Identification (Deliverable Matrix) Responsibilities defined for each deliverable (Responsibility Matrix) System Level Design Verification Plans Include a feedback and Corrective Action

  • Team identification for major product systems
  • Definition of major milestone timing
  • Identification of system level risk assessment review criteria with review schedules
  • Identification of analytical studies and testing with timing
  • Training Plans
  • Deliverable Identification (Deliverable Matrix)
  • Responsibilities defined for each deliverable (Responsibility Matrix)
  • System Level Design Verification Plans
  • Include a feedback and Corrective Action

• Select the System Level Project Plans to be utilized

  Select Team identification for major product systems Definition of major milestone timing Identification of system level risk assessment review criteria with review schedules Identification of analytical studies and testing with timing Training Plans Deliverable Identification (Deliverable Matrix) Responsibilities defined for each deliverable (Responsibility Matrix) System Level Design Verification Plans Include a feedback and Corrective Action

  • Team identification for major product systems
  • Definition of major milestone timing
  • Identification of system level risk assessment review criteria with review schedules
  • Identification of analytical studies and testing with timing
  • Training Plans
  • Deliverable Identification (Deliverable Matrix)
  • Responsibilities defined for each deliverable (Responsibility Matrix)
  • System Level Design Verification Plans
  • Include a feedback and Corrective Action

• Are risk and opportunity lists maintained?

  Yes

  No

• Does the cross-functional team maintain an Open Issues Record which identifies item description, actions, status, priority, required and actual completion dates, and responsibilities?

  Yes

  No

Communication and Collaboration

• Are Manufacturing Engineering personnel involved in all phases of the design development, management design reviews and risk assessments sign-offs?

  Yes

  No

• Does the marketing and sales department participate in the pre-planning phases to support cost assumptions associated with quality, warranty, and customer satisfaction?

  Yes

  No

• Are suppliers included in cross-functional team meetings?

  Yes

  No

• Does the cross-functional team meet on a regular basis to review project timing, targets/objectives versus status, risks and opportunities, roadblocks, and open design and manufacturing issues?

  Yes

  No

• Does the cross-functional team utilize metrics to monitor its performance?

  Yes

  No

• Is the Project Manager accountable for communication between the product and manufacturing team members?

  Yes

  No

• Does the management provide visible leadership of the Advanced Product Quality Planning?

  Yes

  No

Product and Process Design, Development and Validation

• Is there a documented Product Development Process?

  Yes

  No

• Select all that apply

  Select Regular design reviews Reliability reviews Risk Assessments to evaluate deliverables and outstanding issues with recovery plans Senior Management sign-off’s at key milestones Manufacturing Feasibility Identification and addressing of significant and critical characteristics Prototype development and testing timelines with prove out evaluation time Manufacturing Engineering (ME) responsibilities and key deliverables Product Development approval of manufacturing process plans and control plans Consideration and sign-off of serviceability

  • Regular design reviews
  • Reliability reviews
  • Risk Assessments to evaluate deliverables and outstanding issues with recovery plans
  • Senior Management sign-off’s at key milestones
  • Manufacturing Feasibility
  • Identification and addressing of significant and critical characteristics
  • Prototype development and testing timelines with prove out evaluation time
  • Manufacturing Engineering (ME) responsibilities and key deliverables
  • Product Development approval of manufacturing process plans and control plans
  • Consideration and sign-off of serviceability

• Select the needed PDP documentation

  Select Regular design reviews Reliability reviews Risk Assessments to evaluate deliverables and outstanding issues with recovery plans Senior Management sign-off’s at key milestones Manufacturing Feasibility Identification and addressing of significant and critical characteristics Prototype development and testing timelines with prove out evaluation time Manufacturing Engineering (ME) responsibilities and key deliverables Product Development approval of manufacturing process plans and control plans Consideration and sign-off of serviceability

  • Regular design reviews
  • Reliability reviews
  • Risk Assessments to evaluate deliverables and outstanding issues with recovery plans
  • Senior Management sign-off’s at key milestones
  • Manufacturing Feasibility
  • Identification and addressing of significant and critical characteristics
  • Prototype development and testing timelines with prove out evaluation time
  • Manufacturing Engineering (ME) responsibilities and key deliverables
  • Product Development approval of manufacturing process plans and control plans
  • Consideration and sign-off of serviceability

• Is the process complete and methodical?

  Yes

  No

• Does the process continue through launch, including Product Development Launch support?

  Yes

  No

• Are Design and Process FMEA development and application a documented part of the Product Development process?

  Yes

  No

• Select all that apply

  Select Sign-off approval from Product Development Development and use of Generic FMEAs for each commodity or system Maintained and accessible library of FMEAs

  • Sign-off approval from Product Development
  • Development and use of Generic FMEAs for each commodity or system
  • Maintained and accessible library of FMEAs

• Select the needed DFMEA & PFMEA development and application documentation

  Select Sign-off approval from Product Development Development and use of Generic FMEAs for each commodity or system Maintained and accessible library of FMEAs

  • Sign-off approval from Product Development
  • Development and use of Generic FMEAs for each commodity or system
  • Maintained and accessible library of FMEAs

• Do all high-risk failure modes identified on the FMEAs have prevention methods designed into the respective processes?

  Yes

  No

• Are test plans developed for each design level and formalized in a Design Verification Plan?

  Yes

  No

• Are test plans reviewed and updated to meet all customer expectations as part of the Product Development Process?

  Yes

  No

• Are control plans utilized for Prototype, Pre-Launch (Pilot), and Production?

  Yes

  No

Completion

• Additional Recommendations

• Name & Signature of Project Manager

  Sign
Cross-functional Team

• Name & Signature

  Sign