The Design Verification Plan and Report (DVP&R) is a simple to use tool that documents the plan that will be used to confirm that a product, system or component meets its design specifications and performance requirements. Each of the design specifications or product requirements are documented in the DVP&R form along with the analysis or test used to determine if the specification or requirement has been met. Upon completion the results of each analysis or test should be recorded in the “Report” section of the DVP&R form. The DVP&R is closely associated with Design FMEA (DFMEA) but each serve a very different purpose in the product development cycle. The DFMEA determines “What” and the DVP&R defines “How”. The Whats are the list of analysis and verification tests developed during the FMEA activity. The Hows are the methods of testing or how the analysis or test will be performed, including the acceptance criteria and the report of the results.