THE FUNDAMENTALS OF CONTRACT MANAGEMENT

Objectives :

Objectives of Fundamentals of Contract Management training are to learn the best practices in contract management, control the life cycle of your contract, identify the risk and deficiencies of the contract, analyse and work on the links between project management and contract management.

Learning outcome:

At the end of the training each participant will be able to contribute in applying best practices to contract management.

Public: 

This Fundamentals of Contract Management training programme is for project managers and everyone implicated in one of the company projects.

Prerequisite: 

You need to know fundamentals of project management.

Teaching materials:

All participants will receive the training materials at the end of the training. This training programme is made up of a theoretical part as well as a case study.

Inter relation project management and contract management

Day 1 – Market Ownership

• Types of contracts in different markets
• The Offer (Contract) / Document Hierarchy
• Legal aspects and validity of contracts
• Introduction to the law of obligations / Importance of good faith
• Appropriate the contract / Identify the parts
• Site preparation phase
• Site planning
• Strategic management of contracts:
  • Knowing how to analyze a contract and deduce an execution strategy from it
  • Contract management tools
• Case studies

Day 2 – Methodological Aspects

• Management of contract risks
• Contract administration

• • Mail
  • Documentary monitoring of deliverables
  • Amending work, formal notices
  • Amendments
  • Receipt and final statement
• Optimize customer reporting
  • Construction site logbook
  • Minutes of meetings
  • Validation of technical documents
  • Monthly reporting
• Control supplier and subcontractor risk
• Case studies

Day 3 – Claims and Dispute Management

• What is a claim? When to make a claim?
• The various methods of dispute resolution
• How to prepare a claim

• • Documentation
  • Analysis of claim delays
  • External supports
  • Reality of the damage
  • Methods of costing claims
  • …

• Strategy for handling a claim
• How to prepare / establish a counterclaim
• Claims negotiation
• Case studies
• Conclusion / Feedback from the audience

Duration: 3 days – 21 hours 

Dates: contact us

Tarif: contact us

Place of training :
. in-house

. Paris

. Brussels

Our training can be covered by an OPCA and as part of the CPF and/or Pôle emploi.  Contact-us to receive your grant application by email. (Applicable in France only)