USE CASE · REVIEW GUIDELINE CHANGES

Understand the consequences of a changed guideline

Assign changed requirements to the affected products and projects and make the necessary reviews visible.

IMPACT · ONE CHANGED PASSAGE

ILLUSTRATIVE EXAMPLE

COLD OPERATION GUIDELINE · SECTION 5.3 · VERSION 3.0

Cold operation must be verified down to −30 °C, previously −20 °C.

affects, according to the documented assignment
PRODUCT VERSION IN USESeries P, revision 2 · Customer site AReview open
PRODUCT VERSION IN DELIVERYSeries P, revision 3Evidence available, confirmation open
PROJECTPackaging line North · proposal in progressReview open

Owner: quality management · Whether the change applies retroactively is assessed by the department

STARTING POINT

What do we need to reassess because of this change

The starting point is the changed guideline, such as a new version, a changed section, or a new limit value. The question is which product versions and projects are affected and which evidence needs to be reviewed again.

Scattered product information

New requirements have to be compared with features that live in different systems and documents.

Unclear scope

How many product versions, customers, and ongoing proposals are affected often remains open for a long time.

Repeated search for evidence

Evidence that has already been provided is gathered anew with every change.

GUIDED WORKFLOW

From the changed passage to a reasoned review list

Exactly one changed passage, three documented links. Select a path. It shows the previous assessment, the new review question, and the owner.

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WORK RESULT

A reasoned impact and review list

For each affected object, it shows why it is affected, what was assessed before, what needs to be reviewed anew, and who is responsible. The list is the basis for the review, not the assessment itself.

REVIEW LIST · COLD OPERATION GUIDELINE V3.0

ILLUSTRATIVE EXAMPLE

Series P, revision 2 · Customer site A

Review open

Affected because of cold verification down to −20 °C per version 2.0 · Review question: evidence down to −30 °C or grandfathering · Quality management, K. Bauer

Series P, revision 3 · in delivery

Evidence available, confirmation open

Test report PB-0611 verifies −30 °C · Review question: does PB-0611 fully cover version 3.0 · Quality management, K. Bauer

Project Packaging line North · proposal in progress

Review open

R-027 was assessed at −20 °C · Review question: must the proposal account for −30 °C · Application engineering, M. Hartmann

Only documented assignments appear in the list. Products or projects that are not recorded are not shown.

BENEFITS

What changes for your team

Less search effort with changes

BEFORE

Affected products are gathered per change from lists, drawings, and memory.

AFTER

Documented links show product versions and projects for the changed passage.

Metric: time to identify affected products

Clear responsibility

BEFORE

Who takes on which review is distributed by email and gets lost in the filing.

AFTER

Every review question has an owner and a status.

Metric: share of review tasks completed by experts

Traceable review basis

BEFORE

In an audit, it is hard to prove why a product version was considered affected or not affected.

AFTER

Previous assessment, new review question, and decision are shown together.

Metric: reviews with documented rationale

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WHAT COMES NEXT

Assess existing products

The same context from the perspective of a product version. Which requirements and guidelines apply to series P, revision 2?

To the application →

ALONGSIDE

Match products and variants

If the change leads to a new requirement in the ongoing proposal, it is checked against the variants there.

To the application →

Frequently asked questions

Does a new guideline automatically apply retroactively to delivered products?

No. Whether and how a change applies to a product version is assessed by your department. DECOTA shows the links and the previous assessment.

How does DECOTA know the affected products?

From the documented assignments between guideline, version, product version, and project in your knowledge base. Products that are not recorded are not shown.

Does the review list replace a compliance assessment?

No. It is the basis for the review. Assessment, measures, and approval remain with the department.

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