Procurement Project Management Success: Achieving a Higher Level of Effectiveness

ISBN-13: 9781604270891 / Angielski / Twarda / 2014 / 320 str.

Diana L. Lindstrom

Opis

This book demonstrates project management tools and techniques that can easily be used to add value to the procurement process. Based on the author's real world experience during the course of her career in supply management, engineering, and as a project management professional, this unique guide demonstrates a practical and proven approach to using project management strategies, tools, and techniques to consistently create successful procurement practices that go beyond mere cost savings. This book integrates supply management best practices and processes with those applicable from the field of project management. It explains how to initiate, plan, manage, and complete both simple and complex procurement projects successfully. Through the use of scheduling, communication plans, risk management and other project management processes, these procurements satisfy stakeholders by setting expectations, continuously communicating status, and getting the best value for money.