Topic: Project Procurement Management IT Project Management 1 Project Procurement Management Outline Importance of Project Procurement Management? Project Procurement management Processes: Procurement Planning (采购计划) Solicitation Planning (询价计划) Solicitation (询价) Source Selection(供方选择) Contract Administration (合同管理) Contract Close-out(合同收尾) IT Project Management 2 Project Procurement Management Project Procurement Management Procurement means acquiring goods and/or services from an outside source Purchasing (购) Outsourcing (外购) IT Project Management 3 Project Procurement Management Project Procurement Management Organizations or individuals who provide procurement services are referred to as suppliers, vendors, subcontractors, or sellers, with suppliers being the most widely used term. Experts predict that by the year 2003 the worldwide information technology outsourcing market will grow to over $110 billion IT Project Management 4 Project Procurement Management Why Outsource? To reduce both fixed and recurrent costs To allow the anization to focus on its core business To access skills and technologies To provide flexibility To increase accountability IT Project Management 5 Project Procurement Management Concerns on Outsourcing Do not have much control over those aspects of projects that suppliers carry out Could e too dependent on particular suppliers If those suppliers went out of business or lost key personnel, it could cause great damage to your project IT Project Management 6 Project Procurement Management Concerns on Outsourcing Organizations must also be careful to protect strategic information that could e vulnerable in the hands of suppliers IT Project Management 7 Project Procurement Management Project Procurement Management Processes Procurement planning (采购计划) determining what to procure and when Solicitation planning (询价计划) documenting product requirements and identifying potential sources Solicitation (询价) obtaining