Project Procurement Management - Contracting, Subcontracting, Teaming

Project Procurement Management Contracting, Subcontracting, Teaming Project Procurement Management, by Quentin W. Fleming, 2003, FMC Press, 276 pages, ISBN 0-9743912-0-4

In his new book "Project Procurement ManagementContracting, Subcontracting and Teaming" (FMC Press 2003), Earned Value Guru, Quentin Fleming, provides a well-rounded and thorough presentation of procurement planning, types of procurements, contracts, procurement risks, and procurement relationships.

The book begins by defining a procurement as buying project scope. Chapter 1 closes by defining the six processes involved with project procurements. Since Fleming was the main contributor to the procurement section for the 2000 edition of the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK), it is not surprising that this book parallels the six procurement processes listed in the PMBOK.

Fleming categorizes procurement into five distinct categories:...