Contract Business Rules

Why This Exists

This document defines business rules for the Contract Domain.

Owner

The owner is the Chief Product Officer and Enterprise Architect.

Business Value

Rules protect delivery state, variation control, financial tracking, risk management, closeout, and lessons learned.

Rule Catalogue

Rule ID	Area	Rule
CONT-RULE-001	Start boundary	Contract starts only after award or contract creation event.
CONT-RULE-002	Bid boundary	Bid owns preparation and submission records.
CONT-RULE-003	Contract ownership	Contract owns delivery state and workflow facts.
CONT-RULE-004	Supplier boundary	Supplier and Marketplace may support delivery but do not own contract state.
CONT-RULE-005	Funding boundary	Funding may support cash flow but does not own contract state.
CONT-RULE-006	Intelligence boundary	AI recommendations require approved Contract actions before state changes.
CONT-RULE-007	Milestones	Milestones must have status and due date or planned sequence.
CONT-RULE-008	Deliverables	Deliverables must link to contract scope or delivery plan.
CONT-RULE-009	Variations	Scope, cost, or schedule changes require variation records.
CONT-RULE-010	Invoices	Invoices must link to contract workspace.
CONT-RULE-011	Payments	Payments must reference invoice or contract financial context.
CONT-RULE-012	Risks	Contract risks must have severity, cause, owner, and status.
CONT-RULE-013	Closeout	Closeout requires delivery, financial, risk, and lesson review.

Delivery Rule

Contract delivery state must be explicit. Informal comments or supplier updates do not replace milestone, deliverable, variation, invoice, payment, risk, or closeout records.