Advanced contract management
- Understand and identify effective contract management
- Distinguish between contract management and contract administration
- Understand contract complexity and how to assess if you are managing a complex contract
- Distinguish between different types of contracts and the considerations you should take
- Ensure you have well-articulated contract management plans to set your contracts for success
- Be aware of the key stakeholders and impacts to your contract
- Create systems to support and track performance and value for money
- Increase your confidence in dealing with complaints and disputes
- Facilitate proactive transitional planning
- Improve your skills in negotiating contract variations
- Gain a deeper understanding of risky situations such as breach and termination
- Lead your stakeholders in post contract reviews.
The program has been developed inline with the national standards, based upon the nationally recognised unit of competence: PSPPCM008 – Manage contract performance.
This provides the confidence that you are gaining the skills and knowledge which industry has deemed required for the management of complex contracts.
Furthermore, if you would like to be recognised and receive the unit: PSPPCM008, this is possible through application of work-based evidence to the requirements.
Broadly, this will look at your ability to demonstrate:
How you manage the business relationship; things like probity, conflicts of interest and meeting the obligations to the contractor.
How you manage the contract’s performance, including start-up or transitional arrangements, monitoring contract performance and risk management.
Your ability to manage contract issues, these may include variations, underperformance and contract negotiations.
Your ability to communicate relevant aspects of the contract with stakeholders and effective record keeping.
The assessment process is practical and you are supported by a consultant.
If you are enrolled in an upcoming Advanced Contract Management Course for Procurement Services South Australia, you can use your password to access the welcome pack from the link below.