The Definitive Guide to Project Management: The fast track to getting the job done on time and on budget, Second Edition

Chapter 12. Project Procurement Management

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• What is project procurement management?

• Why bother with procurement management?

• How does procurement management fit in the process groups?

• Critical factors in procurement

• Steps in project procurement management

• Contracts

• Contract statement of work

• Contract administration

• Contract change control system

• The project manager’s role

• The special problems of IT procurement

• Centralized/decentralized contracting

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Aims of this chapter

This chapter explains project procurement management, that is, how to purchase or otherwise acquire a product or service from outside the project and the project team. By the end of this chapter, you should:

• know what procurement management is and how it relates ...