Daniel Linman | Your Guide to Project Management Best Practices - Part 24
Daniel Linman

Daniel Linman

IT Software Consultant · Canada
MyMG Contributing Expert since 2010IT procurement & software selection

Daniel Linman is an IT software consultant based in Canada. He works with companies on the unglamorous side of technology: choosing software, negotiating with vendors, and making sure a new tool fits the systems and data rules already in place.

Much of his work happens around SaaS and custom software purchases. He sets up renewal calendars so contracts don't auto-renew by accident, pushes for Canadian-dollar pricing when budgets are in CAD, and asks US vendors about Quebec's Law 25 before any personal data leaves the province. Outside work, Daniel plays guitar and spends his weekends hiking with his family.

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Top management skills of good managers

Best Management Skills to Be the Best Manager

The best management skills are those abilities that let a person perform required job duties while avoiding crisis situations and mitigating the risk of failure. The development of the best management skills is a required task of every manager who wants to achieve success in his/her undertakings. Let’s consider top 5 must-have of a successful manager.

a sample of procurement contract

Two Common Mistakes in Project Procurement Contracts

Nearly all kinds of projects require some sort of procurement and inventories, no matter whether it is about IT projects, construction projects, engineering projects, and any other projects. Procurement contracts play a pivotal role in providing a project with all necessary inventories required for producing project deliverables, as well as in establishing mutually beneficial vendor procurement relationships between a performing organization and suppliers. Procurement items, such as hardware, software and services, should be chosen, acquired and delivered according to technical requirements as to project product, budgeting policies and procurement schedules. Therefore, a clear understanding of procurement contracting activities is a critical qualification for project managers

Procurement in PM

Organizing Procurement and Purchasing Activities in a Project

Procurement and purchasing activities refer to the aspects of project management regarding acquiring goods and services from outside companies to provide a project team with all necessary inventories to produce the product of a project. Procurement process management refers not only to internal units of an organization involved in project management activities but also to external suppliers and vendors.