5 Part 5: V-Modell Reference Work Products

5.3 Products

5.3.6 Acquisition and Contracting

5.3.6.9 Statement of Acceptance

Process module: Delivery and Acceptance (Acquirer)

Responsible: Executive (when using process module Delivery and Acceptance (Acquirer))

Activity: Issuing Statement of Acceptance (Acquirer)

Participating: Purchaser, Project Leader, QA Manager, RFP-Manager

Purpose

In the »Statement of Acceptance, the acquirer states his acceptance or rejection of the (partial) »Delivery (supplier). If a delivery requires an acceptance in accordance with the »Contract, the supplier has a right to be issued a statement of acceptance. The statement of acceptance may entail legal consequences, e.g., agreed payments may become due.

If the acceptance is rejected, the supplier is obliged to prove that the delivery item is in conformity with the contract, or he must remove the determined defect within a specified period. The rejection of acceptance may entail considerable consequences for both parties, e.g., contractual penalties.

Is generated by

Project Manual (see product dependency 4.9)

Contract, Contract Addendum (see product dependency 4.30)

5.3.6.9.1 Evaluation of Delivery

Type and scope of the delivery item shall be described. The results of the acceptance test will be summarized and evaluated. Based on the evaluation results, it shall be decided whether the acceptance is granted, granted with reservations or rejected. If the acceptance is granted with reservations, the list of defects including the time limit for their removal will also be documented here.

5.3.6.9.2 Annex: Evaluation Report Delivery

The »Annex includes a copy of the »Evaluation Report Delivery, which is intended to document the test to the supplier.