- Before
- Spends most of a review on the template, the reference list and the matrix before she gets to the science.
- Now
- Starts from located findings with the evidence beside them, and spends her time deciding.
One TMV report, from received to returned
Sam Patel has finished the test method validation report for the tip-to-shaft bond pull-force test on the Corventa 7F delivery catheter. Here is its review, screen by screen, in the working solution.
- 01Morning
Her queue, with the findings already waiting
Dana Okafor · Quality reviewer, validationDana opens the solution to 5 documents waiting for review, 3 critical findings open and a median of 14 minutes per review. Below her queue, the library changes that touch open reviews: SOP-MET-0031 rev E is effective, and 4 open reviews still cite rev D.
“They are markup for you to judge — the panel never approves.”
- 02New review
The document is read before the panel starts
Dana Okafor · Quality reviewer, validationShe drops in TMV-0193_TipPullForce_TMV-Report_Rev01.docx — 11 pages. The solution has already recognised it: a test method validation report on template TPL-TMV-002 rev F, product Corventa 7F delivery catheter, Plant 3 — Leiden, test dates 18–20-Aug-2026 taken from the data sheets.
“You decide what goes back to the author.”
- 03In parallel
Three reviewers read the same document at once
Template, citation and traceability reviewersThe template reviewer maps 14 sections and 41 required fields and finds a blank field and no ndc. The citation reviewer reads 7 references and 4 instruments, resolves each revision at the test date and finds SOP-QA-0112 rev C superseded on 15-Jun-2026. The traceability reviewer collects 8 requirements from PRS-CV7-001, TMS-0193 and SOP-QA-0112 and finds R-4.2.3 has no test.
- 04About a minute and a half
21 raw flags become 11 findings
ReconcilerThe reconciler merges duplicates, re-reads every passage and drops 2 flags the document does not support — Quality is named in §4.0 after all, and TMS-0193 rev B is in the library as a test method. What is left is graded and located: 2 critical, 4 major, 5 minor, marked on the pages of the report.
“11 findings · 2 critical — ready for your review”
- 05F-01 · critical
A procedure cited at a revision that did not govern the work
Citation reviewer§2.0 cites SOP-QA-0112 Test method validation at rev C. Rev D became effective on 15-Jun-2026, two months before testing began, and a timeline shows it. The finding explains why it matters: rev D requires ndc to be reported and be ≥ 5 — the gap the old reference hides is F-04.
- 06Her decision
Evidence side by side, then accept, edit or dismiss
Dana Okafor · Quality reviewer, validationUnder the finding sit both revisions of SOP-QA-0112 with the passages highlighted, the suggested edit — rev C struck, rev D inserted — and who raised it: all three reviewers, confidence 98. Dana accepts it; the finding is marked Accepted and will go to Sam with the redlined copy.
- 07Traced both ways
A requirement no test covers
Traceability reviewerThe matrix lists 8 requirements: 6 traced, 1 partly traced, 1 untraced. R-4.2.3 — pull force ≥ 15.0 N after 2 h hydration at 37 °C — is in the product requirements and in the test method’s own scope, but no test in the report addresses it; the water bath WB-0306 is listed in §5 and never used. Criterion 6.2, ndc ≥ 5, has no reported result — from the reported components, ndc ≈ 7.
“The method would be released for a condition it was never validated for.”
- 08The package
A redlined Word, never the controlled original
Markup writerFive files come back: the redlined Word with 11 tracked changes and 11 comments, an annotated PDF, the findings table, the pass/fail checklist and the traceability matrix. Each is stamped as advisory, and the controlled original is unchanged.
“Advisory review markup — not an approval”
- 09Returned
Back to Sam, with a clear ask
Dana Okafor · Quality reviewer, validationDana returns TMV-0193 to Sam Patel with the redlined Word, checklist and matrix. The message is drafted for her: cite SOP-QA-0112 rev D, and give R-4.2.3 a test or a justified exclusion, then resubmit as rev 02. Returning is her decision, recorded in the audit trail under her name.
- 10Every night
The panel, scored against an answer key
Omar Haddad · Quality managerEvery night the panel is run on a locked pack of 36 seeded documents with 412 seeded defects. The September run: critical recall 96.8 % against a 95 % target, false positives 7.4 % against a 10 % limit. In the last 30 days, 38 reviews were completed. A new panel version ships only if critical recall stays at 95 % or above.