Their own process · The requirements · Element
The obligation
What has to be satisfied, stated as the requirement states it.
The part
What it is
Regulation, standard, certification, documentation format or contractual condition. The kind matters, because a regulation is fixed and a contractual condition is negotiable.
Written in the requirement’s own terms rather than summarised. A paraphrase loses the detail that decides eligibility.
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.
The other elements in the requirements
Who imposes it
Where the obligation comes from, which decides whether it can be argued with at all.
LearnWhen it is settled
The phase at which the requirement becomes fixed, after which arriving with an alternative is too late.
LearnWhat it asks of you
The demand the requirement makes on the supplier — and where in your own business that demand has to be met.
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