PRODUCT

INTEGRATION
Intent
Integrate and deliver the solution that addresses functionality and quality
ENGINEERING & DEVELOPING PRODUCTS

requirements.

Value
Increases customers’ satisfaction by giving them a solution that meets or
exceeds their functionality and quality requirements.

Practice Summary

1 PI 1.1 Assemble solutions and deliver to the customer.

PI 2.1 Develop, keep updated, and follow an

2 integration strategy.
PI 2.2 Develop, keep updated, and use the integration
environment.
PI 2.3 Develop, keep updated, and follow procedures
and criteria for integrating solutions and
components.
PI 2.4 Confirm, prior to integration, that each
component has been properly identified and
operates according to its requirements
and design.
PI 2.5 Evaluate integrated components to ensure
conformance to the solution’s requirements and
design.
PI 2.6 Integrate solutions and components according
to the integration strategy.

PI 3.1 Review and keep updated interface or

3 connection descriptions for coverage,

completeness, and consistency throughout the
solution’s life.
PI 3.2 Confirm, prior to integration, that component
interfaces or connections comply with interface
or connection descriptions.
PI 3.3 Evaluate integrated components for interface or
connection compatibility.

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 TECHNICAL
SOLUTION
Intent
Design and build solutions that meet customer requirements.

ENGINEERING & DEVELOPING PRODUCTS

Value
Provides a cost-effective design and solution that meets customer
requirements and reduces rework.

Practice Summary

1 TS 1.1 Build a solution to meet requirements.

TS 2.1 Design and build a solution to meet

2 requirements.
TS 2.2 Evaluate the design and address
identified issues.
TS 2.3 Provide guidance on use of the solution.

TS 3.1 Develop criteria for design decisions.

3 TS 3.2 Develop alternative solutions for

selected components.
TS 3.3 Perform a build, buy, or reuse analysis.
TS 3.4 Select solutions based on design
criteria.
TS 3.5 Develop, keep updated, and use
information needed to implement the
design.
TS 3.6 Design solution interfaces or
connections using established criteria.

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 PEER
REVIEWS
Intent
Identify and address work product issues through reviews by the
WORK

producer’s peers or Subject Matter Experts (SMEs).

QUALITY

Value
Reduce cost and rework by uncovering issues or defects early.

Practice Summary
MANAGING

1 PR 1.1 Perform reviews of work products and

record issues.
ENSURING

PR 2.1 Develop and keep updated procedures

2 and supporting materials used to

prepare for and perform peer reviews.
PR 2.2 Select work products to be peer
reviewed.
PLANNING AND

PR 2.3 Prepare and perform peer reviews

on selected work products using
established procedures.
PR 2.4 Resolve issues identified in peer reviews.

PR 3.1 Analyze results and data from peer

3 reviews.

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 PROCESS QUALITY
ASSURANCE
Intent
Verify and enable improvement of the quality of the performed processes and

ENSURING QUALITY
resulting work products.

Value
Increases the consistent use and improvement of the processes to maximize
business benefit and customer satisfaction.

Practice Summary

1 PQA 1.1 Identify and address process and work product

issues.

PQA 2.1 Develop, keep updated, and follow a quality

2 assurance approach and plan based on historical

quality data.
PQA 2.2 Throughout the project, objectively evaluate
selected performed processes and work
products against the recorded process and
applicable standards.
PQA 2.3 Communicate quality and non-compliance issues
and ensure their resolution.
PQA 2.4 Record and use results of quality assurance
activities.

PQA 3.1 Identify and record opportunities for improvement

3 during quality assurance activities.

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 REQUIREMENTS
DEVELOPMENT
AND MANAGEMENT
Intent
Elicit requirements, ensure common understanding by stakeholders, and align
ENSURING QUALITY

requirements, plans, and work products.

Value
Ensures that customers’ needs and expectations are satisfied.

Practice Summary

1 RDM 1.1 Record requirements.

RDM 2.1 Elicit stakeholder needs, expectations, constraints,

2 and interfaces or connections.

RDM 2.2 Transform stakeholder needs, expectations,
constraints, and interfaces or connections into
prioritized customer requirements.
RDM 2.3 Develop an understanding with the requirements
providers on the meaning of the requirements.
RDM 2.4 Obtain commitment from project participants that
they can implement the requirements.
RDM 2.5 Develop, record, and maintain bidirectional
traceability among requirements and activities or
work products.
RDM 2.6 Ensure that plans and activities or work products
remain consistent with requirements.

RDM 3.1 Develop and keep requirements updated for the

3 solution and its components.

RDM 3.2 Develop operational concepts and scenarios.
RDM 3.3 Allocate the requirements to be implemented.
RDM 3.4 Identify, develop, and keep updated interface or
connection requirements.
RDM 3.5 Ensure that requirements are necessary and
sufficient.
RDM 3.6 Balance stakeholder needs and constraints.
RDM 3.7 Validate requirements to ensure the resulting solution
will perform as intended in the target environment.

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 VERIFICATION
AND VALIDATION
Intent
Verification and validation includes activities that:

ENSURING QUALITY
• Confirm selected solutions and components
meet their requirements
• Demonstrate selected solutions and components
fulfill their intended use in their target environment

Value
Verification and validation of selected solutions and components throughout
the project increases the likelihood that the solution will satisfy the customer.

Practice Summary
VV 1.1 Perform verification to ensure the

1 requirements are implemented and

record and communicate results.
VV 1.2 Perform validation to ensure the
solution will function as intended in
its target environment and record and
communicate results.

VV 2.1 Select components and methods for

2 verification and validation.

VV 2.2 Develop, keep updated, and use
the environment needed to support
verification and validation.
VV 2.3 Develop, keep updated, and follow
procedures for verification and validation.

VV 3.1 Develop, keep updated, and use criteria

3 for verification and validation.

VV 3.2 Analyze and communicate verification
and validation results.

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 SUPPLIER AGREEMENT
MANAGEMENT
Intent
Establish an agreement with selected suppliers, ensure that the supplier and
WORK
SUPPLIERS

the acquirer perform according to the terms over the course of the agreement,
and evaluate the supplier’s deliverables.

Value
Provides an explicit understanding between the acquirer and supplier to
maximize the success of agreed-on efforts to deliver a supplier deliverable.
MANAGING

Additional Required PA Information

The term “supplier deliverable” is an item to be provided to an acquirer or other
MANAGING

recipient as specified in an agreement. The item can be a document, hardware

or software item, a service, or any type of solution or work product.

Practice Summary
SAM 1.1 Develop and record the supplier agreement.

1 SAM 1.2 Accept or reject the supplier deliverables.

PLANNING&AND

SAM 1.3 Process supplier invoices.

SAM 2.1 Monitor supplier as specified in the supplier

2 agreement and keep agreement updated.

SAM 2.2 Perform activities as specified in the supplier
SELECTING

agreement.
SAM 2.3 Verify that the supplier agreement is satisfied
before accepting the acquired supplier
deliverable.
SAM 2.4 Manage invoices submitted by the supplier
according to the supplier agreements.

SAM 3.1 Select technical supplier deliverables for analysis

3 and conduct technical reviews.

SAM 3.2 Select and monitor supplier processes and
deliverables based on criteria in the supplier
agreement.

SAM 4.1 Select measures and apply analytical techniques

4 to quantitatively manage supplier performance

to achieve quality and process performance
objectives.

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