Managing Consultants
- Identify best practices in buying consulting services.
- Practitioners involved in specifying and procuring consulting resources.
- Learn about legal obligations, duties, and rights of consultants.
- Understand setting specifications and performance measures.
- Focus on sourcing consultants that align with organizational aims.
Overview
This one-day course focuses on best practices in procuring consulting services. Participants will learn about legal obligations, setting specifications, sourcing consultants, and using terms to transfer risk effectively. The course aims to help attendees identify the best approaches to buying consulting services. It is designed for practitioners involved in specifying and procuring consulting resources and contracts. The course can be run over a two or three-week cycle upon request.
Who should attend
Practitioners in specifying and procurement.
Course Content
Course duration: 1 Day
Course running order
Best practice in the procurement of consulting services
· The legal obligations, duties and rights of the Consultant
Setting specifications and performance measures
· Using specifications to transfer risk to the expert
Sourcing consultants
· Personal Fit with the Organisation’s aims and interests
· Pre-qualifying firms
· Running the competition
Using terms that adequately transfer risk
· Intellectual property rights
· The use of escrow arrangements
· Requirement to transfer knowledge to the organisation
Variation management
· Incentivising performance
· Managing the contract
· Establishing regular reporting
Course Objective
To identify best practice approaches to buying consulting services
Who should attend?
Practitioners who are involved in the specifying and procurement of consulting resources and contracts
Duration / Fees
A 1-day single manned course.
Can be run over a two or three week cycle – simply ask when booking
