Tuesday, January 12, 2010

Introduction to Contract Planning

Contract Planning is the process of documenting products and services, as well as their requirements and identifying potential procurement sources.

Contract Statement of Work in PMP

Design:
  • Details what is required in terms of physical characteristics.

Performance
  • Specifies measurable capabilities the end product must achieve in terms of operational characteristics.

Functional
  • Defines what the deliverable is required to do but not necessarily how to do it. This allows the prospective sellers to offer different possible solutions for archiving the same end-use function.