This document discusses how project management principles can be used to enable strategic sourcing and deliver measurable business results. It proposes overlaying the project management framework of initiating, planning, executing, controlling and closing onto the strategic sourcing process. A simplified form of earned value management is also suggested to measure progress within each phase of strategic sourcing. The document provides examples of how this approach has worked for commodity councils, allowing them to proactively achieve goals and realize significant cost savings and improvements.
Optimizing Organizational Performance by Managing Project Benefits
Ncma World Congress Session 1703 Corry And Bogush 041607
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2. Breakout Session # 1703 James Bogush , CPCM, C.P.M., NCMA Fellow Senior Managing Consultant, IBM Global Business Services Brian Corry , C.P.M., PMP Service Area Manager, IBM Global Business Services April 23, 2007 2:50 pm Enabling Strategic Sourcing through Project Management to Deliver Measured Business Results
