Project Management for Supplier Organizations

Adrian Taggart is an experienced project management consultant. He has managed, and advised on, national and international projects within sectors that include defence, manufacturing, heavy engineering and utilities, requiring him to represent the interests of both clients and contractors. Interest in the topic and its practitioners has led him to teaching project management at MSc degree level, and also tutoring numerous candidates for the professional qualifications of the APM and PMI®. This combination of experience and a detailed knowledge of the Bodies of Knowledge, has given him a strong appreciation of the distinctive differences in how each type of company (Owner and Supplier Organizations) sees project management, the techniques and strategies that work for each, and the different understanding and skills required by practitioners within each.

I: The Challenge of Projects; 1: What is a Project and Why Project Management?; 2: Structure of Project Delivery Organizations; 3: The Clash of Cultures Within a Matrix; 4: The Life of a Project; 5: A Generic Project Lifecycle Model; II: The Perspective of the Supplier Organization Upon Projects; 6: The Contrasting Predicaments of Owners and Suppliers; 7: The Supplier Organization's Project Lifecycle; 8: The Role of a Supplier Organization Within a Project; III: Aligning the Interests of Owner and Supplier Organizations; 9: Connecting Supplier and Owner Organizations; 10: How Much to Pay the Supplier Organization?; 11: Management of Changes; IV: Selected Project Management Techniques for Supplier Organizations; 12: Marketing in a Project Environment; 13: Selling in a Project Environment; 14: Project Planning for Supplier Organizations; 15: Management of Resources; 16: Project Control; 17: Management of Information; 18: Warranty Phase and Post-Project Considerations; Afterword