Subcontractor Organization

Definition

Subcontractor Organization

any organization that works for the development organization

Classification

As illustrated in the preceding figure, Subcontractor Organization is part of the following inheritance hierarchy:

• Type: Concrete
• Superclass: Organization
• Subclasses:
  • None

Responsibilities

The typical responsibilities of a Subcontractor Organization are to:

• Develop work products for the development organization.
• Deliver work products to the development organization.
• Conform to the process used by development organization.
• Support oversight by the development organization.

Guidelines

• There can easily be multiple subcontractor organizations on a project or program.
• An organization is a subcontractor organization from the viewpoint of the development organization, not the viewpoint of the customer organization. In fact, the development organization is best modeled as a customer organization from the viewpoint of the subcontractor organization.
• Every project does not involve a subcontractor organization working for the development organization. Do not use this organization unless a significant subcontractor relationship exists.
• Partner organizations and subcontractor organizations are not the same roles, although it is possible for typically different parts of the same business to play both.
• The subcontractor organization typically inherits the common team guidelines from the organization process component class.