Contract Management Course
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In this contract management course, you will gain the concepts, skills and knowledge required to manage the implementation, management, monitoring and closing of contracts. You will gain an understanding of the contract lifecycle and explore how to establish effective contracts, manage the contract relationship, monitor performance and deal with issues and challenges, so that your organisation acquires services or products at a fair price with agreed quality.
Aims
This course aims to provide you an overview of the contract management lifecycle, enabling you to confidently manage this process on behalf of your organisation.
Outcomes
By the end of this course, you should be able to:
- describe the fundamental concepts underpinning contract management
- explain the contract lifecycle
- identify and manage contract risk
- identify contract requirements
- monitor and review contract performance
- resolve conflict
- identify how to manage variations.
Content
Contract management
- The purpose, advantages and disadvantages of contracting
- Contract challenges
- Contract management lifecycle
Establishing contract requirements
- Identify requirements
- Contract risk assessment
- Contract management plan
The contract
- Valid contracts
- Statement of work
- Contract inclusions
- Selecting the right contractor
Contract management
- Initiating the contract
- Managing the relationship
- Managing performance
- Variations
- Negotiation
- Resolving disputes
Contract close
- What’s required to close a contract
- Lessons learned
- Reporting requirements
Intended audience
Designed for anyone who is interested in the contract management lifecycle and in particular those employees who will be engaged in the process of identifying contract requirements, selecting appropriate contractors and managing the contract process. People working in the following roles would find the program beneficial:
- Contract administrators
- Team leaders in a procurement/purchasing environment
- Contract managers
- Project team members
- Administrators of purchasing and procurement activities
- Managers and supervisors who manage contractors
Prerequisites
None
Delivery modes
- Face-to-face, presenter-taught training
- Online training via the platform Zoom
Delivery style
- interactive presentations
- group work and discussion
- structured contract management activities
- contract based case studies.
Materials
All course materials are provided electronically. Printing services are not provided.
Recommended reading
Carter, R., Oxenbury, A. & Kirby, S. 2012, Practical Contract Management, Cambridge Academic, Cambridge.
Hartley, S. 2018, Project Management 4ed: A Practical Guide to Planning and Managing Projects, Pearson, Australia.
McCarthy, P. 1989, Developing Negotiation Skills and Behaviour, CCH, Australia.
Ward, D. 2011, Contract Negotiation Handbook: Getting the most of commercial deals, Wrightbooks, Australia.
Features
- Expert trainers
- Central locations
- Course materials – yours to keep
- CCE Statement of Completion
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What others say.
- Absolutely loved this online training course. Content, delivery, and flexibility were all fabulous. I would recommend this training course to anyone who would like to know more about management contracts.
- The course was clearly delivered and the trainer was skillful and professional.
- Excellent facilitator, I really enjoyed this class! Really interesting course with a lot of helpful information which has extensively broadened my knowledge on this topic.