American Property Development Corporation (APDC), a designer and developer of outdoor shopping malls and small office complexes, has decided to standardize its project management practices and processes across the national organization. The goal is to standardize on one single project-scheduling tool and to have the tool installed and be operational within 90 days. To this end, the company is forming a central project management office (PMO). Until now, project managers (there are 40 presently on staff distributed all over the United States and Canada) have been able to use whatever scheduling tool they liked, within their budget constraints. They have also been able to buy equipment and engage contractors at will. The PMO will be determining one scheduling tool that all PMs will be expected to use, exclusive of any other scheduling tools. The PMO will also develop and implement a standardized procurement process. Because the PMs are located across the United States and Canada, a Web-based solution seems likely to be the most successful tool.

As the Project Manager, you have been charged with implementing the procurement process, and you decide that your first project will be purchasing the scheduling tool for American Property Development Corporation.

ASSIGNMENT:

Your manager had asked you to follow up your discussion with a presentation outlining how the procurement process would integrate with the rest of the project and how you plan to develop your procurement activities.

Assignment Guidelines

Create a PowerPoint presentation of 7?10 slides for your manager that addresses the following:
How will your procurement process integrate with the rest of the project?
Why do you feel that this will allow for a successful project?
What procurement management processes will you use within your plan? Why?
What are 2 potential types of contracts that you would consider for this project?
What are the advantages and disadvantages of each?
Your PowerPoint presentation should be 7?10 slides (not including title, reference, and introductory slides) with speaker notes of 150?200 words for each slide.
You must reference the PMBOK within your presentation.
Be sure to reference all sources using APA style.
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