Reasons and Success Factors for Project Management in Purchasing and Logistics

• Reasons, advantages and necessity for project management in purchasing
• When is a project really a project: characteristics and types of projects
• Why 90% of all projects fail and how to avoid that your own project fails
• Why the relationship level is critical to project success
• Prerequisites for successful project management in purchasing
• Agile project management in purchasing: opportunities, risks 

Project Organisation

• Successful project organisations in practice
• Tasks, rights and obligations of the project entities
• Team building and team composition in projects: what to consider
• What you need to keep in mind so that the project team is motivated to work
• How to avoid conflicts in cooperation with different departments
• Helpful „rules of the game“ to facilitate project implementation

Planning of Projects

• Common project planning mistakes and how to avoid them
• Systematic planning of projects: goals, time, effort and costs
• Planning of goals in projects: how to properly formulate and validate goals
• Milestones in different types of projects
• The Project Mandate: contents, structure, benefits
• Tool: target, time, effort and cost planning of savings projects
• Form: Project Mandate

Implementation of Projects

• Advantages and differences of project-oriented tendering processes
• Tools and methods for risk analysis and risk avoidance in projects
• Multi-project management: advantages, requirements, approach
• The „funnel principle“ for the worldwide identification and qualification of potential suppliers
• The project-oriented tendering and awarding process: milestones and work packages
• How to identify and resolve conflicts during project implementation
• The role of purchasing in development projects: tasks, duties, rights and responsibilities
• Success factors in the implementation of projects

Conclusion of Projects

• The five steps to conclude a project
• Contents of the conclusion meeting with the project team
• Form: project conclusion report 

Project Management & Controlling

• Organizational integration of project controlling
• Tasks, responsibilities and objectives of project controlling
• Essential tools and methods of project controlling
• Cooperation between project controlling and project management
• Contribution of controlling to project documentation
• Key performance indicators for the management of projects

Included professional checklists for

• Project planning
• Implementation of projects
• Controlling of projects