Development Cooperation Handbook/Designing and Executing Projects/Project Procurement

21px The 9 Topic Areas Of Project Management Knowledge Procurement is one of the 9 topic areas of project management knowledge. The Project Procurement Management "includes the processes to purchase or acquire the products, services, or results needed from outside the project team to perform the work". An organization can either be the buyer or the seller of these products, services and so on. The procurement management includes the contract management and the change control processes "[...] required to administer contracts or purchase orders issued by authorized team members" (comp. PMBOK3, p. 269) Processes, phases and tool Procurement Planning Detailed Planning or design stage Procurement plan, Contract Statement Of Work , Evaluation Criteria Procurement Process, Procurement Liaison Project Execution and Control Sellers list, Proposals,Selected Sellers, Contract, Contract Changes Example Project completion and closure Closed Contracts See also in other sections of this handbook on Wikipedia 14px Procurement on other Wikibooks 14px|Wikibooks Procurement Management Tools Template for Procurement Plan