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title: 'Make compliance traceable'
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date: '2026-11-11'
description: 'Compliance starts by identifying the requirements that actually apply to a particular application. Legislation, supervisory requirements, internal policies, business reconciliat…'
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Values 11.11.2026

# Make compliance traceable

Compliance starts by identifying the requirements that actually apply to a particular application. Legislation, supervisory requirements, internal policies, business reconciliation rules …

 ![Make compliance traceable — symbolic illustration](https://grassroot.it/user/pages/03.artikel/07.regelkonformitaet/cover.png) 

Compliance starts by identifying the requirements that actually apply to a particular application. Legislation, supervisory requirements, internal policies, business reconciliation rules and contractual duties may all matter. The Grassroot framework records that connection for the application.

## Connect a requirement with its effect

A general reference to a rulebook gives operations little guidance. Link it to an action: who may change inputs, who checks results and who approves a new version? Every required control needs an owner and appropriate evidence of performance.

A completed form alone does not demonstrate effectiveness. A reconciliation must compare suitable results and lead to action when a discrepancy is found. Review the relationship when changes occur.

## Determine scope correctly

For finance, read the dated [BAIT and DORA article](https://grassroot.it/en/artikel/bait-und-dora). [Deutsche Bundesbank](https://www.bundesbank.de/en/tasks/financial-supervision/individual-aspects/risk-management/bait/bait-dora-741194) explains the transition and different groups of institutions. Assess an application within its organisation’s applicable requirements.

Include [information security](https://grassroot.it/en/artikel/informationssicherheit) and [data protection](https://grassroot.it/en/artikel/datenschutz-in-anwendungen) from the outset. [Testing and approval](https://grassroot.it/en/artikel/pruefung-und-freigabe) explains how business expectations connect with a traceable outcome.

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