Allocate contractual requirements to supplier deliverables.

Contractual requirements are allocated, as appropriate, to supplier deliverables. The requirements for each supplier deliverable are documented. In some cases, technical requirements are allocated to third-party products that must be used by the supplier (e.g., COTS products).

Typical Work Products

1.    Requirement allocation sheets

Subpractices

1.    Allocate requirements to supplier deliverables.

2.    Allocate design constraints to supplier deliverables.

3.    Document relationships among allocated requirements and design constraints.

Relationships include dependencies (i.e., a change in one requirement may affect other requirements).

4.    Allocate requirements to suppliers.

In situations where multiple suppliers are involved in developing the technical solution, different products or product components may be allocated to different suppliers.