Architecture Portal

Partner responsibilities

A proposed replacement-course arrangement.

Adrian Sutherland · Version 1.0 · · © 2005–2026

The proposed agreement

SU-D1 (Partner responsibilities) explores a later partner arrangement in the fictional cancellation case. The first proposed process-only trial covers the provider’s own courses, with partner courses and refunds referred for a separate decision. Finding a suitable partner course would expose the need to agree who can confirm it.

In this later proposal, the provider’s case owner would remain responsible for resolution. The partner would confirm availability and, after the required agreements, whether it had accepted a booking. These responsibilities have not been agreed or implemented.

Item Decision required
Service Courses, places, timing and support contacts covered by the arrangement.
Authority Who may offer, reserve, confirm, change or cancel a place.
Information Necessary learner details, permitted uses, corrections and retention.
Failure Unknown booking result, duplicate request, unavailable partner or disputed responsibility.
Change and exit Notice, versions, open bookings, data return, access removal and receiving owner.

In the separate software proposal, accepting H7 (Example transfer offer) changes ownership of C42 (Example cancellation case) within the case service. A partner’s booking confirmation is a different result. Define how the case owner establishes whether a booking was accepted when the partner’s response is missing.

A proposed exit exercise

SU-X1 (Partner exit exercise) proposes transferring one open cancellation from the later partner service to another arrangement. Can the receiving owner understand the learner’s agreement, partner commitments and outstanding actions? Can the previous partner’s access be removed without losing information needed for authorised review?

The exercise is unrun. Its expected result and actual result have separate fields in the supplier record. Security and finance retain the connected access and cost decisions.

About this edition

Refreshed for the September 2026 website update. This edition develops the earlier Architecture Portal and ASAF material; the fictional worked example was added in 2026.

Scope, limitations and next checks

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Status

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Intended users

  • Architects comparing and adapting their existing approach

Non-goals

  • Prescribing a mandatory method or claiming measured benefits

Limitations

  • Guidance illustrated by a fictional example; proposed designs and checks have not been implemented or run.

Next evidence sought

  • Review the guidance and try its records with a practising architect.