# Supplier relationship record

Author: Adrian Sutherland  
Edition: Version 1.0  
Prepared: September 2026  
Copyright: © 2005–2026 Adrian Sutherland

Replace prompts with your own decisions, sources and results. Link existing records where useful.

## Purpose and scope

State what the supplier would provide, who is involved and who owns the
relationship.

## Responsibilities and agreement

Record what each party may decide, what it must do, which information it
receives and what support it provides.

## Dependencies and controls

Identify shared providers and describe what could fail. Record how each
failure would be detected and handled.

## Change and exit

State how changes are notified and how work and information would transfer
to a new arrangement. Identify when old access can be removed.

## Checks and results

Record the assumptions behind selection. Keep proposed exercises and their
expected results separate from actual observations.