Do your purchasing projects suffer from delays, unpleasant surprises, and lack a true organization? Do you wish you could a professional project plan and then actually adhere to the plan, satisfying the needs of your company?
To consistently lead purchasing projects to successful conclusions involves learning and applying proven project management principles. This seminar will provide you with the tools to successfully manage today’s purchasing projects.

You will learn the five (5) phases of projects and how to employ them. In addition, the following will be learned:

	How to create a project charter to properly set management’s expectations
	How to create standard project documents like “work breakdown structures” and the appropriate charts to aid in keeping the project on track
	How to identify the critical path of a project in order to know the biggest risks of the project
	How to identify the most significant risks using structured tools
	Developing a risk plan
	How to accelerate a project
	How to report project progress to management
	What “scope creep” is and how to avoid it