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Training Methodology

Overview ?

Course Description

The Request for Proposal (RFP) is a tool includes the technical and financial used by organizations to solicit bids from vendors for goods and services. More importantly however, the RFP itself is an important document in project management. This course will start by identifying the characteristics of a successful RFP, and then will follow the RFP process step-by-step to construct a request that will meet those characteristics. The course will allow participants to gain hands-on experience in writing and evaluating RFPs, both by creating their own RFP and by researching and evaluating RFPs.

Course Goal

To enhance the participant’s knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary for understanding the philosophy and benefits of project management,.

Course Objectives

By the end of this course the participant will be able to:

Understand what is an RFP and why to be written
Determine qualities of a successful RFP
Differentiate between RFP (Request for Proposal) vs. RFI (Request for Information)
Plan and prepare RFP
Determine administrative requirements
Determine technical requirements
Determine management requirements
Determine prices
Evaluate proposals

Course Outline

What is an RFP?
Why write an RFP?
Qualities of a Successful RFP
RFP (Request for Proposal) vs. RFI (Request for Information)
RFP Planning and Preparation
Anatomy of an RFP
Administrative Requirements
Technical Requirements
- Creating Realistic, Concise, Comprehensive And Unambiguous Specifications
- Organization of Specification Writing
- Specifications and Contracts
- Scoping and Defining Requirements
- Structuring the Specification
- Writing the Specification
- Document Publication and Control
Management Requirements
Pricing
Evaluating Proposals
- General
- The Evaluation Process
- The Scope of Evaluation
- Information used in Evaluation Process
- Evaluating Costs
- Determining whether a proposal unacceptable
- Establishing a Short List of Vendors

Who Can Benefit?

Tender and contract managers, project managers and engineers, purchasing managers, specification and standards engineers, materials managers, quality engineers, design engineers, and product engineers

Day 1

Asset Cost Management Introduction

Definitions of reliability, maintenance & asset management
The total cost of maintenance
Best practice reliability and maintenance processes
Elements of asset management best practice
Auditing performance
Overview of TPM, RCM, BCM, QCM, and other asset management buzzword
Open discussion sessions

Day 2

Laying the Groundwork

Day 3

Applying the Value based Process

Day 4

Ensuring the Continuity of the Value-based Process

Day 5

Supporting Process that Lower Life-cycle costs

Training Methodology

Pathways Training and consulting adopts the newest techniques of human resources Training and consulting and, with the following:

Theoretical lectures are delivered via PowerPoint and visual displays (videos and short films)
Making scientific evaluation to the trainee (before and after)
Brainstorming and role-playing
Using case studies related to the scientific material being delivered and the trainees' work.
The participants get the scientific and practical material printed and on CDs and Flash memories.
Preparing records and reports of the participants' attendance and results, with a general evaluation of the training program.
A group of the best trainers and experts in all fields and specialties professionally prepares the scientific material.
After finishing the course, the participants get certificates of attendance signed, certified, and issued by pathways Training and consulting.
Our training programs start at 9:00 o'clock in the morning and end at 2:00 in the afternoon, with snack buffet during the lectures.
Providing a lunch buffet during the training program period, with organizing a lunch party on the training program final day for taking some photos and certificate awarding.