Preparation of Business Cases, Procurement & Risk Management Plans

PROGRAMME OBJECTIVES

To enable you to assess, prepare and write busienss cases, procurement plan, risk mangement plan and to consider evaluation methods.

LEARNING OUTCOMES

1. Be able to prepare a business case.
2. Be able to consider the financial aspects.
3. Be able to write a recommendation.
4. Be able to write a procurement plan.
5. Be able to assess risks and write risk maangement plan.
6. To be able to consider evaluation methods.

WHO BENEFITS

1. Buyers
2. Budget holders
3. Managers
4. Finance Manager
5. Corporate Service Manager

BUSINESS CASES      8.30 a.m.. - 10.00 a.m.

PROGRAMME OUTLINE

1. What needs to be planned for.
2. Advantages/Disadvantages
3. Assessments
4. Financial Considerations
5. Go/No Decision.
6. Training Plan
7. Implementaiton Plan
8. Recommendation – process of recommendation.
9. Managing 'No' Decision
10. Managing – Celebrating 'Yes' Decision

PROCUREMENT PLAN    10.15 a.m. - 12.00 noon

1. Current Assessment
2. Future Assessments
3. Upcoming Procurement
4. Financial considerations
5. Approval ProcessingPlaceing on website
6. Answering supplier questions
7. Keeping plan updated.
8. Review

RISK MANAGEMENT    1.00 p.m. - 3.00 p.m.

1. Recognising risk factors.
2. How to mitigate risk
3. Consequences of Risk
4. Implementing Risk Management plans
5. Hidden cost of not managing risk.
6. Recognising internal and external risk factors.

Practical Exercise

EVALUATION     3.00 p.m. - 5.00 p.m.

1. Purpose of Evaluation Process
2. Deciding on evaluation process.
3. Deciding on evaluation criteria – and why.
4. Deciding on evaluation weightings
5. Linkage to RFP processing
6. Advantages/Disadvantages of various evaluation methods.
7. What to look for in proposals.

Practical Exercise