Responsibility for developing the contract should be clearly assigned and understood by all parties. This may involve assigning different aspects of the contract development, such as defining the contract deliverables, obtaining stakeholder input, establishing the performance regime, reviewing or including contract provisions, and developing the contract management plan. The manager or team responsible for the ongoing management of the contract should also be identified and involved at this stage, and be satisfied with the proposed terms and conditions to achieve the nominated outputs or resources.

Responsibility for developing the contract should be clearly assigned and understood by all parties.

A Key Actions and Responsibilities Matrix at the end of this part will assist in identifying important requirements in developing a contract.