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PCOM Partner and Collaboration Management

# PROCESS PURPOSE
The purpose is to select partners and collaborations according to relevant criteria and to monitor performance against agreed commitments.

# PROCESS OUTCOMES

O1 Evaluation criteria for partners and collaborations are established
O2 Partners and collaborations are evaluated against the defined criteria
O3 Joint activities are agreed
O4 Performance of the partners and collaborations is monitored against the agreements

# BASE PRACTICES

BP1 Establish evaluation criteria. ( O1 )

Analyze relevant requirements to define evaluation criteria for capabilities of partners and collaborations.
Note 1: Criteria may consider commercial constraints, quality requirements, technical evaluation and capabilities required for norm and standard conformance (such as conformance to norms of safety, cybersecurity, and other technical norms).

BP2 Evaluate partners and collaborations against defined criteria. ( O2 )

Collect information about the capabilities of partners and collaborations and evaluate it against the established evaluation criteria.
Note 2: The evaluation may be supported by audit and assessment results, certifications, policies, financial reports, technical demonstration, portfolio reviews, roadmap information, historical data, etc.

BP3 Agree on joint activities. ( O3 )

Establish an agreement on joint activities, type and frequency of joint activities and reviews.
Note 3: Agreements may include ownership of processes, type and frequency of joint activities, failure management and reviews.

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BP4 Review performance of the partners and collaborations. ( O4 )

Review progress of the collaborations and partnerships regarding schedule, quality, and effort on the agreed regular basis. Agree on corrective actions accordingly.

# OUTPUT INFORMATION ITEMS

15-51 Analysis result ( O2, O4 )

Identification of the object under analysis.
The analysis criteria used, e.g.:
- selection criteria or prioritization scheme used
- decision criteria
- quality criteria
The analysis results, e.g.:
- what was decided/selected
- reason for the selection
- assumptions made
- potential negative impact
Aspects of the analysis may include
- correctness
- understandability
- verifiability
- feasibility
- validity

Used by these processes:

CSVV Cybersecurity Verification and Validation
PCOM Partner and Collaboration Management
REEL Requirements Elicitation
SWDI Software Requirements, Design and Implementation
SYRD System Requirements and Design

02-01 Commitment/agreement ( O3, O4 )

Signed off by all parties involved in the commitment/agreement
Establishes what the commitment is for
Establishes the resources required to fulfill the commitment, such as:
- time
- people
- budget
- equipment
- facilities

Used by these processes:

PCOM Partner and Collaboration Management

14-02 Corrective action ( O4 )

Identifies the initial problem
Identifies the ownership for completion of defined action
Defines a solution (series of actions to fix problem)
Identifies the open date and target closure date
Contains a status indicator
Indicates follow up audit actions

Used by these processes:

PCOM Partner and Collaboration Management
POPM Potential Project Management
PQAS Process Quality Assurance

02-50 Interface agreement ( O2, O3 )

Interface agreement should include definitions regarding
- customer and supplier stakeholder and contacts
- tailoring agreements
- customer/supplier responsibilities (e.g., roles, RASIC chart) for distributive activities, including required actions in development and post-development
- share of information/work products in case of issues (e.g., vulnerabilities, findings, (Risk = The combination of the probability of occurrence and the consequences of a given future undesirable event.))
- agreed customer/supplier milestones
- duration of supplier’s support and maintenanceEstablishes what the commitment is for

Used by these processes:

PCOM Partner and Collaboration Management

13-14 Progress status ( O4 )

Status of a plan(s) (actual against planned) such as:
- status of actual activities/work packages against planned activities/work package
- status of actual results against established objectives/goals
- status of actual resources allocation against planned resources
- status of actual cost against budget estimates
- status of actual time against planned schedule
- status of actual quality against planned quality
Record of any deviations from planned activities and reason why

Used by these processes:

PCOM Partner and Collaboration Management

15-21 Supplier evaluation ( O2 )

States the purpose of evaluation
Method and instrument (checklist, tool) used for evaluation
Requirements used for the evaluation
Assumptions and limitations
Identifies the context and scope information required (e.g., date of evaluation, parties involved)
- Fulfillment of evaluation requirements

Used by these processes:

PCOM Partner and Collaboration Management

18-50 Supplier evaluation criteria ( O1 )

Expectations for conformity, to be fulfilled by competent suppliers
Links from the expectations to national/international/ domains-specific standards/laws/regulations
Requirements conformity evidence to be provided by the potential suppliers or assessed by the acquiring organization
Provisions for tailoring or exception to the requirements

Used by these processes:

PCOM Partner and Collaboration Management