Bid and Project Management Consultancy Assignment
Purpose
To deliver bid and project management consultancy to achieve specified results. Examples include:
- Developing/enhancing Client-specific bid management and project management procedures, standards and templates
- Project and bid specific guidance
- Developing Client-specific course material
- Assessing bid and project management performance within an organisation or department
Benefits
- Consultancy work performed by a subject expert
- WPM's consultants are practitioners in their field of expertise. This enables them to keep abreast of the latest theories and best practice working methods whilst having a practical view of their implementation
- Using bid and project management techniques to manage consultancy assignments enables the scope to be understood by both parties, the desired outcome to be clearly defined and the measures of successes to be identified
Method
All Bid Management and Project Management Consultancy Assignments result in one or more deliverables being produced by the consultant on behalf of the Client. WPM produce a Product Description for each deliverable and a Work Package describing how the products are to be developed and how the assignment is to be managed. By treating the assignment as a Work Package within a Client's project, WPM are able to keep the management overhead to a minimum.
The Bid Management and Project Management Consultancy Assignment comprise two phases:
1. Definition: The Definition activity can take from one to three days depending on the complexity of the requirement. The output from the Definition phase is the Work Package and Product Description(s) for the assignment, together with an estimate of the time and effort required to complete the products.
2. Delivery: The generation of the Work Package and Product Descriptions will enable the scope of the assignment to be clearly defined, thus ensuring that the Client acquires the business benefit they expect from the assignment. Typically, the Definition phase is undertaken before the agreement to proceed with the assignment. Should the assignment proceed, the effort for the Definition activity is added to the initial invoice.
Deliverables
- Consultant equipped with laptop and mobile phone
- Work Package and Product Description(s)
- Other assignment-specific deliverables agreed at the start of the assignment
Reporting & Reviewing
The Consultant issues weekly Highlight Reports to the management team and Hiring Manager. The Consultant also issues standard weekly reports to the WPM Operations Manager. The WPM Operations Manager has a performance review with the Hiring Manager at the end of the first week of the assignment and a review with the Hiring Manager at the end of the assignment.
Assumptions
- A Terms of Reference or Job Description is agreed
- Access to Client systems as necessary to fulfil the terms of the assignment
- The Consultant's deliverables are recommendations only and should be approved by the Client's management team before implementation
Acceptance Criteria
- The deliverables are completed within the timescale agreed
- Assignment-specific deliverables meet the requirements agreed
- Highlight Reports are issued within the timescale specified
Price
Pricing will be agreed before the start of the assignment and is dependent on the duration and location of the assignment. Consultancy assignments are offered on a Fixed Price or Time-and-Materials basis, dependent on the Client's preference.
Product Code
CON-015
