Chapter 12

Project Procurement Management

According to the PMBOK® Guide—Third Edition, “Project Procurement Management includes the processes to purchase or acquire the products, services, or results needed from outside the project team to perform the work,” as well as the contract management and change control processes to administer any contract issued by authorized project team members, by the performing organization (normally the seller), or the outside organization (normally the buyer).

In government projects, the performing organization can be the responsible government agency, because its employees are often the most directly involved in doing the work of the project. However, for certain projects known as “turnkey” projects (e.g., design-build-operate-transfer), ...

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