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=====Common Artifacts Table=====
This Table lists some artifacts that are commonly used and a commonly used acronym for them.  We note that it is unlikely you will use all of these, and you many need ones not on the list. Adapt as appropriate for your project.


^  Common artifact used in product development  ^^^
^ Project Planning and Reporting  ^^^
| |SOW  | Statement of Work | 
| | PP  | Project Plan|
| |RMP  | Project Resource/Manpower Plan|
| | PS  | Project Schedule|
| | AM  | Project Network Diagram and Critical Path|
| | WS  | Weekly Status Report|
| | CR  | Cost Reports|
| |ECO  | Engineering Change Order|
^Design Definition   ^^^
| | P  | Individual Part/Component Drawings|
| | A  | Assembly Drawings (including exploded views)| 
| | G  | Circuit Card Artwork and Fabrication Documentation| 
| | S  | Schematics|
| | SP | Specifications for Procurement of Components and Materials|
| | PL  | Parts Lists|
| | BOM  | Bill of Materials|
| | AP  | Assembly Procedures|
| | AA  | Alignment/Adjustment Procedures|
| | WD  | Wiring Diagrams|
| | CONN  | Connector Diagrams |
| | PIN  | Pinout diagrams|
| | PD  | Pneumatic Diagrams|
| | HD  | Hydraulic Diagrams|
| | BD  | Block Diagrams|
| | SD  | State Diagrams|
| | TD  | Timing Diagrams|
| | CF  | Software Source Code|
| | BI  | Software Build Instructions|
| | FL  | Flowcharts|
| | PSC  | Pseudocode|
| | FD  | Tooling and Fixture Documentation|
| | CD  | Concept Description/Definition|
^Product Requirements   ^^^
| | RFD  | Requirements Flow-down|
| | RM  | System Level Requirement Matrices|
| | RM  | Subsystem Requirement Matrices |
^Safety Requirements   ^^^
| | TD  | Timing Diagrams|
| | FL  | Flowcharts|
| | PC  | Pseudocode|
^Performance Demonstration   ^^^
| | TPL | Test Plans (with predicted results)|
| | TP  | Test Procedures (with check lists and result forms)|
| | TR  | Test Reports|
| | VTR | Verification Test Report|
| | PR  | Prototypes|
^Performance Prediction   ^^^
| | EA  | Hand Calculations / Structural Loads Analyses|
| | EA  | FEA Analyses|
| | EA  | Thermal Analyses|
| | EA  | Electrical Circuit Analyses and Modeling|
| | SA  | Safety Analyses|
| | FA  | Financial Analyses|
| | FMEA  | Failure Modes and Effects Analyses (FMEA)|
| | FTA  | Fault Tree Analysis|
| | CF  | Computer files used for analysis|
^Design Justification   ^^^
| | DJ  | Decision Trees and Matrices|
| | DJ  | Decision Process and Decision Criteria Definition|
| | DJ  | Concept Selection Report|
^Learning   ^^^
| | CF  | Customer Feedback|
| | FAIL  | Failure Analyses|
| | TPL | Test Plans (with predicted results)|
| | TP  | Test Procedures (with check lists and result forms)|
| | TR  | Test Reports|
| | PR  | Prototypes|
| | RS  | Research Finding Summary|
| | RS  | External Research Summary|