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This course provides participants with a systematic and interactive approach to procurement management primarily achieved through analysis of the Procurement Life Cycle (Pre-Award Phase, Award Phase, Post-Award Phase) from the perspective of both Buyers and Sellers. Participants apply their new skills to various case situations in order to evaluate the applicability and impact of different approaches and to learn how to successfully implement specific processes. The course is based on procurement management principles consistent with the Project Management Institute’s Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK)©.

• The Procurement Management Process consistent with PMBOK©, including all phases of the Procurement Life Cycle, and from the perspective of both Buyers and Sellers.
• The processes required to prepare effective RFPs and those required to respond successfully to RFPs
• Contract types (e.g., Output Contracts, Option Contracts) and common contract clauses (e.g., the often misunderstood “Terms   Conditions” language).
• Pricing mechanisms (e.g., firm fixed fees, penalty clauses, time & materials) and their implementation.
• Outsourcing methodologies
• Global contracting and contract management and some of the ethical challenges and issues that may arise in that context

Instructor

Denise M. Guérin, JD, PMP, is a Massachusetts attorney as well as a project management consultant. Managing her own practice for most of her more than 25 years as a lawyer, she has made a career of helping clients establish, maintain, manage and grow all shapes and sizes of businesses and non-profit organizations, as well as advising on commercial, financing and real estate transactions. In addition, she is a principal of Xtispex Consulting Group, Inc., a program and project management consulting firm that delivers services in the areas of risk management, communication plans, organizational development processes, and post-project reviews, among others. She is the former Chair of the Law Practice Management Section Council of the Massachusetts Bar Association and serves on the boards of several privately held corporations and non-profit organizations.

A native of Maine, Ms. Guérin received her BA from the University of Pennsylvania, her law degree from the Boston University School of Law, and a Masters of Program and Project Management from Brandeis University. She has also been certified a PMP (Project Management Professional) by the Project Management Institute, of which she is a member.

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