Contract management with CATS CM® version 4. Gert-Jan Vlasveld

EFFECTIVE AND EFFICIENT CONTRACT MANAGEMENT

       1.1 Organizational goals and contracts

       1.2 Effectiveness of contract management with CATS CM

       1.3 Efficient contract management

       1.4 Balancing costs and benefits

       2 CONTRACTS AND CONTRACT MANAGEMENT

       2.1 Definition of contract

       2.2 Contract components

       2.3 Definition of contract management

       2.4 Definition of contract manager

       2.5 Types of contracts and the applicability of CATS CM

       3 SUCCESSFUL CONTRACT MANAGEMENT WITH THE CATS CONTROL MODEL

       3.1 Factors that affect the success of contract management

       3.2 The CATS control model

       4 CONTRACT LIFE CYCLE AND THE SCOPE OF CATS CM

       4.1 The CATS contract life cycle

       Part II THE CATS CM METHODOLOGY

       Introduction

       5 PILLAR 1: WORK TO BE DONE AND ALL OTHER CONTRACT MATTER

       6 PILLAR 2: ROLES

       7 PILLAR 3: CONTRACT MANAGEMENT ESSENTIALS

       8 PILLAR 4: CONTRACT MANAGEMENT PROCESS AND CONTRACT MANAGEMENT SCENARIOS

       8.1 Initiate step

       8.2 Plan-Do-Check-Act/Adjust cycle

       8.3 Conclude step

       8.4 Using contract management scenarios

       8.5 Establishing contract management scenarios

       Part III APPLYING THE CATS CM METHODOLOGY

       Introduction

       9 INITIATE

       9.1 Kick-off meeting with the contract owner

       9.2 Contract analysis

       9.3 Assessing whether the intended contract manager can manage the contract

       9.4 Intake meeting with the contract owner

       9.5 Contract implementation

       10 CM ESSENTIAL 1: CONTRACT OBJECTIVES

       10.1 Importance of managing contract objectives

       10.2 Identifying and safeguarding contract objectives

       10.3 Interaction with the realization and verification manager

       11 CM ESSENTIAL 2: STAKEHOLDERS

       11.1 Who are the stakeholders?

       11.2 Stakeholder management within CATS CM

       11.3 Interaction with the realization and verification manager

       12 CM ESSENTIAL 3: CONTRACT RELATIONSHIPS

       12.1 Identifying contract relationships

       12.2 Managing contract relationships within CATS CM

       12.3 Interaction with the realization and verification manager

       13 CM ESSENTIAL 4: RISKS

       13.1 Risks that require management

       13.2 Risk management in general

       13.3 Risk management within CATS CM

       13.4 Interaction with the realization and verification manager

       13.5 The contract risk profile, risk management tool

       14 CM ESSENTIAL 5: OBLIGATIONS

       14.1 Dealing with obligations from WTBD and AOCM