Partner selection · The partnership case · Element
The need
The capability, access or capacity the organisation lacks.
The part
What it is
Stated as a gap rather than as a partner. “We cannot reach this market” is a need; “we should work with this company” is a conclusion.
Where the need cannot be stated without naming the partner, the case is being written backwards.
The smallest level
The attributes it carries
Each attribute is one of the framework’s shared types. What a date is, and how it is written, is defined once for the whole model — the note here says what it means in this particular place.