Directing Implementation

GP 2.6 Manage Configurations

Place designated work products of the integrated supplier management process under appropriate levels of configuration management.

Elaboration

Examples of work products placed under configuration management include the following:

• Results of the acquisition feasibility and product life-cycle costs analysis

• Supplier agreements

• Discrepancy reports

GP 2.7 Identify and Involve Relevant Stakeholders

Identify and involve the relevant stakeholders of the integrated supplier management process as planned.

Elaboration

Examples of activities for stakeholder involvement include:

• Resolving issues about the improvements to supplier agreements

• Resolving issues about the meaning of the requirements to be fulfilled by the supplied products

• Resolving issues about the reporting of performance data and the handling of discrepancies

GP 2.8 Monitor and Control the Process

Monitor and control the integrated supplier management process against the plan for performing the process and take appropriate corrective action.

Elaboration

Examples of measures used in monitoring and controlling include the following:

• Effort expended to manage the evaluation of sources and selection of suppliers

• Number of changes to the requirements in the supplier agreement

• Number of documented commitments between the project and the supplier

• Interface coordination issue trends (i.e., number identified and number closed)

• Quality measures of the supplied products