Your textbook identifies key areas in executing purchases, and your PMBOK Guide reading for the week discusses strategies for overall project risk. Address the following in this discussion:
- Identify a project of interest to you. Discuss the key areas involved in executing purchases and explain why some of these areas pose a negative risk to the project.
- Which risk treatment strategies would you recommend to the project sponsor or the project team for implementation?
- Provide examples, citing different examples than those provided in your textbooks, in your lecture material, and by your classmates.
- Support your positions with at least one current (no older than five years) scholarly source, beyond the course materials and textbooks.
Chapters 6 in Mastering Risk and Procurement
Part I, Section 11.5 in PMBOK® Guide
Part II, Sections 3.23, 3.24, 4.9, & 5.11 in PMBOK® Guide
Brown, K. A., Hyer, N. L., & Ettenson, R. (2017). Protect your project from escalating doubts. MIT Sloan Management Review, 58(3), 79-87.
Eckerd, A., & Girth, A. M. (2017). Designing the buyer-supplier contract for risk management: Assessing complexity and mission criticality. Journal of Supply Chain Management, 53(3), 60-75.
Brown, K. A., Hyer, N. L., & Ettenson, R. (2017). Protect your project from escalating doubts. MIT Sloan Management Review, 58(3), 79-87.
Project Management Institute. (2017). A guide to the project management body of knowledge (PMBOK Guide®) (6th ed.). Newtown Square, PA: Project Management.
Wilson, R. (2015). Mastering risk and procurement in project management: A guide to planning, controlling, and resolving unexpected problems (1st ed.). Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson.