Aerospace & Defense Manufacturing worked example

Controlled Document Review Load at 50% approval-cycle allowance: a worked example

This worked example runs the controlled document review load numbers for a tougher week than the baseline: 50% approval-cycle allowance instead of the typical 70%. Estimate controlled document review hours from revised aerospace documents, review pace, and approval-cycle allowance.

The inputs for this scenario

  • Controlled document revisions: 74 documents (held at the documented default)
  • Document review pace: 0.8 documents/min (held at the documented default)
  • Approval-cycle allowance: 50 % (the input this scenario stresses; the baseline uses 70)

Working through the calculation

  • The calculation starts from the formula this tool documents: Base document review time = controlled document revisions รท review pace.
  • Controlled document review load works out to 139 document review hr at these inputs, and this is the headline figure for the scenario.
  • Base document review time works out to 92.5 document review hr at these inputs.
  • Approval-cycle allowance works out to 50 % at these inputs.
  • Document review pace works out to 0.8 documents/min at these inputs.

How this compares with the baseline

  • Against the tool's baseline example, where approval-cycle allowance sits at 70% and the headline result is 157 document review hr, this scenario comes in 11.76% below the baseline at 139 document review hr.
  • Use it when planning document-control staffing for a revision wave, or before a baseline freeze where many changes hit the approval queue at once. A result at this level usually justifies acting on the stressed input before touching anything else, because every other figure in the table is downstream of it.

Results at a glance

  • Controlled document review load: 139 document review hr (headline result)
  • Base document review time: 92.5 document review hr
  • Approval-cycle allowance: 50 %
  • Document review pace: 0.8 documents/min

Run it with your numbers

  • To rerun this with your own numbers, open the live Controlled Document Review Load calculator, set approval-cycle allowance to your actual value, and adjust the remaining inputs to match your operation.

Last reviewed 2026-05-12.