How to write a Design Report
How to Write a Design Report
Summary
A design report is the written record of the project and generally is the only record that lives once the
design team disbands at the end of the project. The report has three sections. The first section describes
the problem that was being solved and provides the background to the design. The second section
describes the design and the third section evaluates how well the design worked by comparing its
performance to the design requirements. The report starts with a short executive summary that
contains a synopsis of the three sections. The body of the report is relatively short. Appendices to the