## 6.5 Entwicklungsstand-Abstimmung (EA) / Development Status Coordination (DS) Goals: Align development status at the manufacturer and the supplier to ensure a common information base Agree on technical and/or organisational content Decision-based control and monitoring of project progress (for example, clearance for the next design segment) Minimisation of design risks Form and involvement: Meeting or telecommunications Technical or decision-making authority, for example, Simultaneous Engineering Team with persons responsible for quality and project management Frequency: multiple not fixed