Procurement school training courses in Austin, TX (public, in-house or online)

This course examines processes through which goods and services are acquired in the project management environment. Topics include contract and procurement strategies; legal issues; contract pricing alternatives; technical, management and commercial requirements; RFP development; source selection; invitations to bid; bid evaluation; risk assessment; and contract negotiation and administration

Negotiating is for some sheer misery. However, negotiation skills are critical whether selling products or services, purchasing supplies and materials, negotiating salary and job requirements or obtaining internal resources for project support. With skill and practice, facilitating a collaborative negotiation that leaves all participants victorious is achievable. This negotiation skills workshop develops the skills participants need to drive mutual victory.

Participants in this dynamic wo...

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This course was designed as a supplemental study guide for the major content areas of Chapter 12 of A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK® Guide), Fourth Edition. In this course, you will consider the various aspects of the Project Procurement Management knowledge area.

This course contains video segments of project management professionals who offer advice and best practices about how to become a more effective project manager. By submitting a question via the course...

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The PeopleSoft eProcurement 9.1 course guides you through eProcurement processes in their logical order. The course provides high-level details about the processes and important step- and field-level information for completing processes, such as creating requisitions and approving, purchase orders, and change requests. In addition to learning about eProcurement processes, the course describes miscellaneous charges that can be combined with items on a purchase order, vendor setup and maintenance ...

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In this course, the students learn how JD Edwards EnterpriseOne Subcontract Management supports the project management process from subcontractor contract initiation through the progress payment process. This course includes managing and tracking subcontractor commitments, creating supplemental log information, entering change orders, and entering progress payments and retainage amounts for a project or job. Understanding these processes enables students to determine appropriate set up and proce...

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