Contracting and Procurement in Project Management

Your manager has asked you to follow up your discussion with a presentation outlining how the procurement process would integrate with the rest of the project and how you plan to develop your procurement activities.

Assignment Guidelines

· Create a PowerPoint presentation of 7–10 slides for your manager that addresses the following:

· How will your procurement process integrate with the rest of the project?

· Why do you feel that this will allow for a successful project?

· What procurement management processes will you use within your plan? Why?

· What are 2 potential types of contracts that you would consider for this project?

· What are the advantages and disadvantages of each?

· Your PowerPoint should be 7–10 slides (not including title, reference, and introductory slides) with speaker notes of 150–200 words for each slide.

· You must reference A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK® Guide)—Fifth Edition within your presentation.

· Be sure to reference all sources using APA style.

· Also, Use Google Scholar for web sources

Schedule and Cost Control Techniques

You are managing an e-mail consolidation and upgrade for your organization, and you are focusing on implementing the process of schedule and cost control. You must present your case and supporting evidence for the need of implementing the process of cost and schedule control to your stakeholders.

Your presentation must be 7–10 slides with 150–200 words of speaker notes per slide. Additionally, include a title and reference slide. The title slide (including topic title, your name, etc.) makes your presentation look and appear professional. The reference slide at the end with correctly APA style formatted references ensures your information and positions are substantiated and that credit for others' work is acknowledged.

Assignment Guidelines

· Prepare a presentation of 7–10 PowerPoint slides. The presentation should address the following:

· The need for project scheduling and cost control

· Why are scheduling and cost control important for project success?

· Who should be in control of the scheduling and cost control process?

· Your plan for control schedule and control cost processes to be implemented

· What are the major provisions of your plan? Explain.

· How difficult would it be to implement your plan? Why?

· The benefits of implementing these processes to your organization

· How will your plan positively affect the project?

· What could happen if an effective scheduling and cost control plan were ignored?

· For each of the 3 above topics, reference 1–2 professional case studies to support your arguments.