Principles of Contracting for Project Management, 2^nd Ed.

Yanping Chen, J. Davidson Frame

Publisher: UMT Press, 2006 , 153 pages

ISBN: 0-9726729-9-0

Synopsis:

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The second edition of Principles of Contracting for Project Management captures the latest approaches employed by good practice organizations in their contracting practices.

In the second edition of Principles of Contracting for Project Management, Drs. Yanping Chen and J. Davidson Frame update and expand the first edition of this book. What is new in the second edition are the most recent perspectives on contracting and inclusion of a chapter that looks at performance-based contracting.

Contracting and procurement are more important to businesses today than ever before. With the explosive growth of outsourcing since the 1990s, business managers in general, and project professionals in particular, find that they need to get up to speed on basic principles and practices of contracting and procurement. That is what this book provides: a practical overview of contracting and procurement principles and practices of immediate relevance to business managers and project professionals.

Table of Contents:

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1. Introduction
2. Procurement Planning
3. Solicitation Planning
4. Preparing the Bid
5. Source Selection/Contract Award
6. Post Contract Award/Contract Administration
7. Contract Close Out
8. Odds and Ends
9. Performance Based Contracting
10. Conclusion