Contract Excellence for Non-Contract Professionals

The development, negotiation and management of these contracts are often in the hands of skilled professionals.

About this Course

The development, negotiation and management of these contracts are often in the hands of skilled professionals, but the general managers handling the delivery of the product, service or project may not be fully familiar with the complexities of the documents concerned. This course is intended to allow professional managers with a background other than law or contracts to better understand the processes and issues involved, and therefore improve their overall management skills.

Course Objective

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

Improve understanding of the structure and purpose of contracts
Show how different structures can be used in different situations.
Improve the ability of managers to communicate with and instruct legal and contracts personnel.
Explain some of the pitfalls that exist within commonly used contract clauses.
Be more effective in selecting contract types and structures.
Ensure risk is properly allocated and managed in different situations.
Anticipate problems and manage risks through the contract.
Integrate the contract within the structure of project management.
Handle disputes and performance issues, including the latest methods of dispute resolution.
Establish appropriate terms and conditions, and what the different provisions in common use mean in practice.

The Training Course will highlight

In this course you will learn how to:

• Explore the reasons why we use contracts, and how they can be developed
• Examine different contracting structures, and how they allocate and manage risk
• Review some of the major provisions in contracts, and discuss why they are drafted as they are, and what pitfalls there may be if they are not managed properly

Course Outline

The Basis of Contracting