I have never actually been involved in a design review meeting, but I know from my experience within R&D and now in manufacturing. To me meeting minutes are essential with regards to project deadlines or even addressing potential issues or concerns with respect to certain products.I guess the only type of meeting that is similar to the design review would be a meeting I had with marketing, when I was working in consumer product development, they had a concern with a fragrance that didn’t match their claim on the label and as a result, I had to reformulate to adjust to that claim. The reformulation process consisted of making several batches of that particular product but with different experimental fragrances until marketing approved of one. Lastly, one frequent type of meeting that I have at least once a week are “project status meetings” where I update my manager on the status of my project, and relay concerns if applicable.

Chris