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Author Taggart, Adrian

Title Project Management for Supplier Organizations : Harmonising the Project Owner to Supplier Relationship
Published London : Taylor and Francis, 2016

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Description 1 online resource (268 pages)
Contents Cover Page; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; List of Abbreviations; Preface; PART 1 THE CHALLENGE OF PROJECTS; 1 What is a Project and Why Project Management?; Projects and Non-Projects and Why We Need to Differentiate; Defining a â#x80;#x98;Projectâ#x80;#x99;; The Consequences of Projects Being Unique; The Consequences of Projects Being Temporary; The Consequences of Projects Being Transient; The Consequences of Projects Having Complex Outcomes; Real Projects and Their Management; 2 Structure of Project Delivery Organizations
Communication Flows in Hierarchical Organizational StructuresFunctional Organizations; Task Force Organizations; Organizational Continuum; The Matrix Organization; 3 The Clash of Cultures Within a Matrix; Task-Orientated Culture; Function-Orientated Culture; A Clash of Cultures; 4 The Life of a Project; How Projects Change Throughout Their Life; Strategic Control of Projects; 5 A Generic Project Lifecycle Model; Genesis of a Project; Project Lifecycle; Extended Project Lifecycle (Product Lifecycle); PART 2 THE PERSPECTIVE OF THE SUPPLIER ORGANIZATION UPON PROJECTS
6 The Contrasting Predicaments of Owners and SuppliersOwner Organizations: The Opportunities and Risks; Supplier Organizations: The Opportunities and Risks; Practical Divergence Between Owner Organizations and Supplier Organizations; The Supplier Organizationâ#x80;#x99;s Project Lifecycle; 7 The Supplier Organizationâ#x80;#x99;s Project Lifecycle; Comparisons and Contrasts of the Lifecycle Models for Owner Organizations and Supplier Organizations; The Supplier Organization Lifecycle Phases and Decision Gates; Uses and Benefits of the Supplier Organization Project Lifecycle
8 The Role of a Supplier Organization Within a ProjectThe Supplier Organization as a Member of the Owner Organizationâ#x80;#x99;s Project Team; Classifying Supplier Organizations as Members of the Owner Organizationâ#x80;#x99;s Project Team; The Relevance of Project Management; The Supplier Organization as the Owner Organizationâ#x80;#x99;s Project Manager; Procurement Chains and the Supplier Organization as a Subcontractor; PART 3 ALIGNING THE INTERESTS OF OWNER AND SUPPLIER ORGANIZATIONS; 9 Connecting Supplier and Owner Organizations; Interconnection of the Two Project Lifecycles; Design of the Procurement Chain
10 How Much to Pay the Supplier Organization?â#x80;#x98;Firm Priceâ#x80;#x99; Versus â#x80;#x98;Cost Reimbursableâ#x80;#x99; Models; Other Payment Terms; 11 Management of Changes; How Changes Affect Projects; Avoiding the Need for Changes; Change and the Supplier Organization; The Inevitability of Change; Change Control Processes; Managing Changes that Cross Contractual Boundaries; Ability of the Supplier Organization to Manage Changes; Sophisticated Change Protocol; NEC Family of Contracts; PART 4 SELECTED PROJECT MANAGEMENT TECHNIQUES FOR SUPPLIER ORGANIZATIONS; 12 Marketing in a Project Environment
Notes Marketing in Project and Non-Project Environments
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ISBN 9781317075158
1317075153