• Your organization is embarking on a long –term project that will require additional human resources on a contract basis to complete the work of the project. Since the project will span several years, you know one vendor probably cannot supply all the resources you’ll need over the course of the contract.

In order to minimize the procurement documents, I want to work with only one vendor throughout the project. Do you think this is a right decision? Why/Why not? Justify your response.

Do you think it’s important that a good IT professional have either strong technical skills, or strong people skills? Why?

2. "Procurements Process"

Many times, project managers must purchase goods and services to complete some or all of the work of the project. The purpose of the Conduct Procurements process is to obtain responses to your RFP (Request for Proposal), or a similar procurement document. Rank the following tools and techniques as it relates to procurement. Explain your ranking.

Advertising

Independent estimates

Analytical techniques

Bidder conferences

Proposal evaluation techniques

Expert judgment

Procurement negotiations

• "Managing Performance" Please respond to the following:

You are a contract project manager for a wholesale flowers distribution company. Your project involves developing a website for the company to allow retailers to place their flower orders online. You decide to perform root cause analysis to determine the cost of the migration. Share your finding and recommendation either it is a good to migrate to the new systems or need to have old system. Justify your response.