Contract Management Skills

Course details

This seminar will provide you with the practical knowledge and understanding of the procurement and contract management process, through interactive discussions and a group problem exercises

Course Outline

• Understanding the procurement and contract management planning framework
• Review your contract, Services, Materials, Equipment contracting all require different strategies
• Create and/or evaluate your Service level Agreement (SLA)
• Preparing the Contract Management Plan
• Social Responsibility Audits
• Identifying the project performance team and associated responsibility matrix
• Understand and evaluate- The Risk Management Plan, including Risk Mitigation
• Understanding the key fundamentals of the post-award "kick off meeting"
• Establishing contract and project reporting, quality control / performance measurement and evaluation procedures - Monitoring and Evaluation Plan and the Supplier ScoreCard.
• Utilizing effective planning and control charts and tools (e.g. Gantt Charts) for monitoring key project activities, milestones and deliverables
• Review Supply enablement opportunities
• Planning for and establishing a conflict management and problem resolution process
• Professional Contract Administration Processes
• Contract management Maturity Model
• CM technology tools
• Contract Closeout Activ