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Course Description
This course is 7 learning hours over a 2-day period. It is recommended that students spend an additional 1 hour over the two-day period on this course.
This course guides students through procurement practices, the bid process, contract negotiations, and managing contractors and vendors for optimum performance, and provides a taste of contract law. This course will provide the fundamental tools required for project managers. It will also offer insight into the procurement officer or buyer role on a project team.
Course Outline
- Session 1: Introduction, procurement objectives, definitions, the procurement process, plan procurement, conduct procurements, due diligence
- Session 2: Contract administration, control procurements, contract closure
What You Will Learn
- How to understand and use the procurement management terminology
- Proven techniques, tools and skills for managing contracting and procurement on projects, as well as how to control the procurement management scope of work
- Best practices when defining the work required to manage a specific contract
- How to create a plan for administering the contract and managing the vendor
- Coordination and monitoring activities of on-site contractors in a professional manner
- Value the importance of knowing the contractual requirements
Prerequisites
Project Management EssentialsRecommended For
- Anyone working on projects in any industry who wants to improve their procurement management skills and increase their understanding of their procurement roles and responsibilities on a project
- Project managers, project coordinators, subject matter experts, technical personnel, team members, managers, and key support personnel
- Purchasing professionals who want to make a transition into a project environment
- Those who want to increase their marketability in the project management job market
Applies Towards the Following Certificates
- Post-Graduate Diploma in Professional and Leadership Studies : Elective Program - Project Management
- Certificate in Project Management : Electives
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Procept has a long and rich history delivering professional training in Canada and around the world. Procept delivered the first Project Management Professional (PMP®) preparation class in Canada, created the first formal project management course delivered through a continuing education division at a Canadian university at the Professional Development Centre of University of Toronto's Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science, and delivered the first course on agile project management offered through a Canadian university. Today, Procept maintains its relationships with higher education, offering classes through one US and five Canadian universities. Procept instructors teach graduate classes in the Master of Engineering programs at several universities as well as post-graduate professional development classes.