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Planning: Procurement and Stakeholder Management Flashcards

1
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Includes the processes necessary to purchase or acquire products, services, or results needed from outside the project team.

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Project Procurement Management

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The process of documenting project procurement decisions, specifying the approach, and identifying potential sellers

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Plan Procurement Management

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The documented explanation defining the processes for creating, maximizing, and sustaining the benefits provided by a project or program.

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Benefits Management Plan

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A component of the PMP that describes how the scope will be defined, developed, monitored, controlled, and validated.

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Scope Management Plan

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A component of the PMP that describes how applicable policies, procedures, and guidelines will be implemented to achieve the quality objectives.

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Quality Management Plan

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The process of gathering and organizing data about product requirements and analyzing them against available alternatives including the purchase or internal manufacture of the product

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Make-or-Buy Analysis

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Decisions made regarding the external purchase or internal manufacture of a product.

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Make-or-Buy Decisions

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A set of attributes desired by the buyer which a seller is required to meet or exceed to be selected for a contract.

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Source Selection Criteria

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Buyer asks a specific seller for a proposal with no competition from other vendors

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Sole Source

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Often used interchangeably with bid

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Tender

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Signifies a contractual relationship between two parties

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Privity

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A contract clause allowing for non-performance when unforeseeable and uncontrollable events occur (natural disasters, riots, etc.)

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Force Majeure

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Organization has a purchasing and/or legal department to handle contracts

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Centralized Purchasing

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The PM may be doing most of the work to negotiate, sign and manage contracts

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Decentralized Purchasing

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Contract type where the risk is on the seller.

Buyers need to precisely specify the products or services being procured.

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Fixed price contracts

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Contract type where the risk tends to be on the buyer.

The seller recovers all legitimate costs incurred, plus a fee which represents the seller’s profit.

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Cost-reimbursable contracts

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Contract type where the risk is on the buyer as they can be left open ended and may be subject to a cost increase.

They are often used for staff augmentation and when a precise SOW cannot be quickly prescribed.

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Time and materials contracts

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18
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The point where the seller assumes responsibility for all cost overruns.

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Point of Total Assumption

(reminds me of medical insurance’s deductible)

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Maximum price the buyer agrees to pay

(Point of Total Assumption terminology)

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Ceiling Price

20
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Initially-negotiated figure for estimated contract costs

(Point of Total Assumption terminology)

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Target Cost

21
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The initially-negotiated profit

(Point of Total Assumption terminology)

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Target Profit or Fee

22
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Target cost plus the target profit

(Point of Total Assumption terminology)

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Target Price

23
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The ratio used to determine how under-runs or overruns increase or decrease profit (buyer/seller)

(Point of Total Assumption terminology)

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Share Ratio

24
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Calculation for Point of Total Assumption

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PTA = ( (Ceiling Price - Target Price) / Buyer’s share ratio) + Target Cost

25
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Analyzing how the winning seller will be chosen;

determine if the lowest price, quals, technical approach or if a sole source will be used

this information should be included in the bid documents

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Source Selection Analysis

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A formal request for preliminary information for the purpose of evaluating potential bids for services

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Request for Information (RFI)

27
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An invitation to contractors to submit a proposal on a specific project (generally the same thing as RFQ);

The IFB or RFQ is generally focused on pricing alone, and not on ideas or concepts

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Invitation for Bid (IFB)

28
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Informs vendors of customer needs and expectations

Organized typically into three areas: Technical, Administrative, and Financial Requirements

Typically used for more complex technical solutions

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Request for Proposal (RFP)

29
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Describes the procurement item in sufficient detail to allow prospective sellers to determine if they are capable of providing the products, services, or results

Developed from the project scope baseline

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Procurement SOW

30
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The risk is highest for the ___ in a firm fixed contract.

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Seller

31
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Purpose being to document project procurement decisions, specify the approach, and identify potential sellers

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Plan Procurement Management

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Purpose being to monitor the status of the project, to update the project costs and manage changes in the cost baseline.

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Control Costs

33
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Purpose being to manage procurement relationships, monitor contract performance, and make changes and corrections to contracts as appropriate

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Control Procurement

34
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Purpose being to obtain seller responses, select a seller, and award a contract

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Conduct Procurement

35
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Contract type that is riskier for the seller since unexpected cost overruns will not be compensated

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Fixed Price Contract

36
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Contract type that is riskier for the buyer as the contract can be left open ended and may be subject to a cost increase

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Time and Materials Contract

37
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Contract type that is riskier for the buyer as the seller recovers all cost incurred, plus a fee for the work performed

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Cost-Reimbursable Contract

38
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Contract type that is riskier for the buyer as the seller recovers all costs incurred, plus a fee for the work performed

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Cost Plus type of contract

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The process of developing approaches to involve stakeholders based on the analysis of their needs, interests, and potential impact on the project

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Plan Stakeholder Engagement

40
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A comprehensive list of changes submitted during the project and their current status

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Change Log

41
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A data representation that analyzes current engagement levels of various stakeholders relative to what those levels need to be.

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Stakeholder Engagement Assessment Matrix

42
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Name the five engagement levels in the Stakeholder Engagement Assessment Matrix.

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Unaware, Resistant, Neutral, Supportive, and Leading

43
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Purpose being to develop appropriate management strategies to effectively engage stakeholders throughout the project life cycle.

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Plan Stakeholder Engagement

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Purpose being to address stakeholder needs, address issues as they occur and ensure stakeholders are appropriately engaged in the project activities

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Manage Stakeholder Engagement

45
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Purpose being to monitor overall project stakeholder relationships and adjust strategies and plans for engaging stakeholders

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Monitor Stakeholder Engagement

46
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Purpose being to monitor the status of the project and product scope and managing changes to the scope baseline

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Control Scope

Caitlin's PMP 2024 (16 decks)

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