ME210/310 Design Document templates
Captures the process that lead to your design.
What is the need that your design addresses?
What are the requirements behind your design?
What was your design approach - what alternatives did you consider, how did you evaluate them?
What are the specifications of your design?
What are the lessons learned from the process?
Notes:
ME310 stresses formalize design communcation and mandates the use a particular design document template. The point is not to be authoritarian but to ensure that certain important aspects of documenting the design are always addressed.
The keywords highlighted in purple are actually section headings in the design reports.