Develop Vendor Management StrategyRemember the Stephen Covey Note “Begin with the End in mind”. Some Strategic points include: Budget High Level Market Research Determine User Requirements. Create Vendor Selecting Criteria The weighting system Create a Bid Document RFQ: Request for Quote RFI: Request for Information RFP: Request for Proposal Evaluate Offers and select suppliers Negotiate…
One of the critical factors for project success is having a well-developed project plan. This article provides a 10-step approach to creating the project plan, not only showing how it provides a roadmap for project managers to follow, but also exploring why it is the project manager’s premier communications and control tool throughout the project.…
Feedback is one of the most difficult and sensitive processes in groups. It is easy to hurt people with criticism, but false compliments are also unhelpful. Compliments often make us too complacent while criticism damages our self- esteem and can lead us to make unwise choices. The one-dimensional question ‘What did you find good, what did…
HOW TO MAINTAIN AN OVERVIEW Are you juggling several projects simultaneously? Then you are a ‘Slasher’ (/). The term was coined by the New York author Marci Alboher and describes a growing number of people who cannot give a single answer to the question ‘And what do you do for a living?’ Suppose you are…