1. General Introduction.

A PRR is a formal incremental review that examines a contractor's readiness to transition a design into production. It examines production engineering, the status of design and producibility, development and test activities, and progress of production planning. The PRR evaluates and reports on program risk in transitioning from development to production. AFR 800-37 requires a PRR as the method of evaluating and reporting on transition to production status as defined in the transition templates (DOD 4245.7-M). AFR 800-37 permits tailoring of DOD 4245.7-M. The template categories are design, test, production facilities, logistics, management, and funding. The PRR identifies potential deficiencies in a contractor's program management, integrated logistics support, funding and procurement systems (including subcontract management), engineering, manufacturing, and quality programs that could affect production schedules, costs, technical performance, and supportability (reliability, availability, and maintainability). The program manager (PM) should use the PRR to assess risk reduction. The PRR report is the PM's primary vehicle for evaluating and reporting on a technical risk management program. Subcontractor PRRs, established by the system program office (SPO) (atch 2), are the prime contractor's responsibility (with plans approved by the SPO). The same areas as in the prime contractor's PRR are reviewed.