Effective Vendor Management 1 Day Training in Austin, TX

Certificate: Course Completion Certificate

Language: English

Duration: 1 Day

Credits: 8

Refreshments: Snacks, Beverages and Lunch included in classroom session

Course Delivery: Classroom

Course Overview:

Your relationship with your vendors can often make or break a project baseline. In this short course, you will learn best practices for managing the vendor relationship from initiation to close, including documenting requirements, negotiating contract terms, and evaluating proposals. You'll learn how and why to establish clearly defined roles and responsibilities between you and your vendors.

Course Feature:

You Will Learn:

• The importance of the vendor contract
• Vendor communication planning
• Vendor management plan
• Vendor contract closeout

Certification:
Once after the training you receive a course completion certificate from Mangates

Who can Attend?

Project managers, IT project managers, project coordinators, project analysts, project leaders, senior project managers, team leaders, product managers, program managers, project sponsors, and project team members and also who want to continue to develop their skills and renew their PMP® certification.

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