SR&ED PROJECT DEFINTION DATE (d/m/y):

Project Title:
Project Manager:
Project Start Date
(Month/Year):
Project Completion (or
Expected) (Month/Year):
Project Objective: Describe the technological objectives of the project in terms of the new specifications, features,
enhancements, or performance that you wanted to achieve, or alternatively, what were the limiting factors or deficiencies
with your existing product(s) or process that needed improvement.

Due Diligence: Please explain what prevented the application of existing knowledge or technology (via machinery,
hardware, software, processes, etc.) to your project to meet the new capabilities, specifications, features, enhancements
or performance. For example, investigation into current patents and published literature did not provide a solution to
meet the objectives for the project because;

Due Diligence Documented?  Yes  No

Theories: As you can best describe at the start of the project, what are your theory(s) for obtaining the new
capabilities, features, enhancements or performance. For example, this may include theories about design elements in a
machine, system architectures (IT), new algorithms, new controls methodologies, new process theories, suppositions
about interactions between chemicals, etc…

What’s the Plan?: What type of methods or work will you undertake to meet your objectives and prove your
theories. For example, will you construct a prototype, a test apparatus, develop mathematical models or algorithms and
determine through a combination of testing, analysis and experimentation which avenues, changes and modifications to
the “construct” lead to project success. This implies that iterative testing & analysis based on intermediate step
conclusions is fundamental to your project.

Project Personnel: Please provide a list of key personnel involved in the project, their respective experience &
qualifications.
Personnel Qualifications/Training/Certification Years of Experience

Project Activities: How would you characterize the types of work necessary to overcome the obstacles for the
project as can be reasonably foreseen at the start of the project? (check any that apply or may be necessary)
 Design  Constructing a Prototype(s)
 Engineering  Bench Scale Testing
 Programming  Full Scale Testing
 Mathematical Modeling  Field Testing
 Data Collection (instrumentation, logging, etc.)  Destructive Testing
 Computer Hardware Development (Circuit Boards)  Successive Modifications to Prototypes
 Mathematical Analysis  Process Modeling / Pilot Plants
 Experimentation  Design of Experiments
 Algorithm Development  Development of Theories or Suppositions
 Physical Testing (of materials)  Testing Theories by Experimentation (via
prototypes, software or other apparatus)
 System Architecture Development (IT Sector)  Quantitative Analysis (Benchmarking against
the current capabilities in industry)
 Simulation Testing  PLC Integration (Proportional Logic Controls)
 Other:  Other:
 Other:  Other:

Project Planning Documents & “Prototypes”: What type of planning and tracking documents will be used
in parallel with this form and what will you build or construct in the course of the project (check all that apply).
Electronic or Paper Media
 Gant Charts or Other Forms of Scheduling  Designs of Experiments
 Resource Allocation (Budgets)  Laboratory Logs / Notebooks
 Time Sheets or Time Tracking  System Architecture
 Work Orders or Production Tickets  Records of Trial Runs
 Internal Progress Reports  Test Protocols
 Meeting Minutes  Test Data
 Log Books  Analysis of Tests
 Source Code  Conclusions from Tests / Experiments
 Photographs  Field Notes / Logs
 Video  Engineer’s Logbooks
 Invoices  Parametric Models
 Test Reports (material tests, destructive tests, etc.)  Drawings
 Internal Memos  Others, specify
 Physical Constructs
 Prototype(s)  Bench Scale Process
 Test Apparatus  Samples
 Hardware (IT Sector)  Scrap
 Failed Components / Samples  Other: Specify:

Are the documents dated?  Yes  No

Are Revisions to the Documents or the  Yes  No
Prototypes/Apparatus Tracked?

External Service Contractors: Are you planning to use outside resources (personnel, companies or services)
during the project (programming, development, testing, machining, fabrication, engineering, design, etc.) and if so,
Please list the potential companies / people and type of activity.
Using Outside Resources:  Yes  No
Company Person Type of Activity (Machining, programming, design, engineering,
fabrication, testing, raw materials, etc.)

Additional Information: Please include any other comments appropriate to describing the project such as patents
will be filed, funding was received (such as IRAP) or other information.