As a project manager, your role will be to facilitate, or you might even say orchestrate, all activities that pertain to developing the product of a project. In doing so, you'll be gathering information, communicating with stakeholders and developing plans that the project team will use throughout the project lifecycle. Part of those plans and directions pertain to the purchase of goods and services needed within the project. This is the Project Procurement Management knowledge area. Within this course, you will learn the definition of procurement and the value of procurement processes to project activities. You will also cover procurement contracts to understand the different types of contracts that exist; why there are different types of contracts, and who benefits by the stipulations inherent to a specific type of contract. Upon completion of this course, the student will be well-versed in the definition of procurement as it pertains to project management along with the plan procurement management processes identified within the Project Procurement Management knowledge area.
Materials in this class are based on the text, A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge, (PMBOK® Guide)
Describe the Project Procurement Management knowledge area
Define procurement as it pertains to project management along with the plan procurement management processes
Draw upon experience and study to utilize information from the project management plan, project requirements, the project risk register, and the project schedule.
Apply market research tools
Perform make vs. buy analysis to determine how to source materials
Communicate with vendors and stakeholders
Conduct communications and meetings that will permit the project team and stakeholders to participate at the appropriate levels relative to planning procurement activities
Deliver process outputs relevant to procurement planning
Neal Rowland has been a Project Management Professional (PMP) for over 13 years. During that time he has instructed, authored courses, advised training companies and corporations, and applied the best practices of project management in his work at Microsoft, Plex, and others. As the Lead Crowd Surfer of The Crowd Training [www.thecrowdtraining.com], Neal leads product development, instructional design, and graphic design. He is a contributor to the PMBOK. Beyond being certified as a PMP, Neal is also a certified agile project manager (PMI-ACP) and IT service management (ITIL Expert and ITIL Practitioner). Neal currently resides in the Detroit area with his wife and 5 kids.
Professional Organizations
Project Management Institute (PMI) - Certified Associate in Project Management (CAPM) (Ways of Working - 1510-RVLS-2882c)
Accreditation: Authorized Training Partner 1510
Project Management Institute (PMI) - Program Management Professional (PgMP) (Ways of Working - 1510-RVLS-2882c)
Accreditation: Authorized Training Partner 1510
Project Management Institute (PMI) - Project Management Professional (PMP) (Ways of Working - 1510-RVLS-2882c)
1.5 hrs. Online Course