Advanced Purchasing Management

Why Attend

This training session is for experienced project managers to examine advanced project and program management techniques, building on the basics to help ensure success even for large and risky projects and programs. This program stresses project management processes as an integral part of organizational culture and what senior management must do to support it and make it successful within an organization. This course aligns with the Project Management Institute’s (PMI) Project Management Body of Knowledge.

Overview

Course Outline

Schedule & Fees

Course Methodology

Instructor-led training that uses interactive learning methods, including class discussion, small group activities, and role-playing

Course Objectives

Improve risk management throughout the project life cycle; Track projects with solid metrics, not with speculation; Better handling of difficult vendors; Improved time and cost estimates for risky and challenging projects; Reduce cost and schedule risks using advanced, proven techniques; Accurately report progress even on complex and risky projects; Improve stakeholder communication and involvement

Target Audience

Target Competencies

n/a

DAY 1

Introduction
- Why do we do projects?
- What is a project?
- What is project management?
- Project Delivery Systems / Life-cycle Models
Initiating
Project selection
- Qualitative techniques
- Quantitative techniques - Economic Evaluation
Selecting the right project manager
Project Objectives and Stakeholder assessment - who wants what?
Identification of stakeholders
Stakeholder analysis
Management of stakeholders

DAY 2

Planning
- Task Characteristics and Duration Assessment
- Planning and Scheduling Methods
- Critical Path vs Critical Chain Scheduling
- Resource Allocation Methods
- Time-Cost Trade-off
- Lead/Lag Scheduling
- Critical Chain scheduling

DAY 3

Proactive Project Risk Management
- What do we mean by risk?
- Risk vs. uncertainty
- Attitudes towards risk
- Risk identification, factors, and sources
- Risk analysis approaches
- Qualification and quantification of probability and impact
- Dealing with subjective elements of risk
- Risk strategies

DAY 4

Executing
- Lean Construction Strategies
- Staff Acquisition
- Team Development and Motivation
- Leadership vs Management
- Management styles and Conflict Handling

DAY 5

Monitoring and controlling
- Using Earned Value to report accomplishment
- Implementing Risk strategies
Project Closing

$4475

Istanbul

Country: Turkey

Duration: One week

Date: 01–05 Dec 2025

$5875

Kingston

Advanced Purchasing Management

Overview

Course Outline

Schedule & Fees

Course Methodology

Course Objectives

Target Audience

Target Competencies

$4475

Country: Turkey

Duration: One week

Date: 01–05 Dec 2025

$5875

Country: Jamica

Duration: One week

Date: 01–05 Jun 2026