P1-REQ-13-5-010

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Statement

Cross-plane relationships SHALL be Traceable when they affect Governance and Authority, release, recovery, auditability, provenance, or Evidence.

Source

Part 1, Section 13.5: Runtime Plane Requirements.

Rationale

Some cross-plane relationships affect governance, release, recovery, auditability, provenance, or evidence. These relationships need traceability so reviewers, implementers, auditors, and governance bodies understand the relationship between architectural purpose and later logical, implementation, deployment, or evidence material.

This requirement supports impact analysis, accountability, reconstruction, and defensibility.

Applies To

This requirement applies to cross-plane relationships that affect governed or evidentiary concerns.

It applies specifically to relationships affecting:

Governance and AuthorityReleaseRecoveryAuditabilityProvenanceEvidence

Verification

Verification SHALL confirm that cross-plane relationships are traceable when they affect governance, release, recovery, auditability, provenance, or evidence.

Verification activities include review checks confirming that:

Affected cross-plane relationships identify the involved Runtime PlanesTraceability links connect the relationship to governed concernsTraceability links connect the relationship to release or recovery concerns where applicableTraceability links connect the relationship to auditability, provenance, or evidence where applicable

Traceability

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Status

Draft

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