EFFECTIVE BUYING & NEGOTIATING IT CONTRACTS

A one-day intensive interactive workshop for managers who need to negotiate contracts, terms and discounts with outside suppliers of IT goods and services. The seminar covs legal, contractual, tendering and negotiating aspects of negotiating and buying IT services.

Why you should attend

By the end of the seminar, the delegates will have acquired the essential legal background; appreciate terms and conditions of contracts;understand the tendering process; learn techniques to evaluate tenders; and have a grounding in practical negotiating skills.

Who should attend

The course is particularly suitable for IT managers new to purchase and negotiation of IT services and for purchasing, sales or marketing managers, supervisors and staff taking up such appointments for the first time. It may also be of benefit to those who have had little formal training in buying and negotiation and who wish to consolidate their experience.

Programme

  • The Legal Background; Standards; Contracts

    'Buyer Beware'
    Relevant Contract Law
    Warranties & Guarantees
    Quality standards: ISO 9000(2000)
    Whose Terms & Conditions?
    Model and Standard Conditions

  • Conditions, Specification, Tenders & Evaluation

    Hardware, Software, Maintenance, Support & Consultancy: Buying Issues
    How to specify the requirement
    Performance and throughput criteria
    The Invitation to Tender
    Analysing Quotes & Supplier Capabilities

  • Negotiating Better Terms

    Lower Specification Fixed Price Contracts
    Long Term Contracts Cost Plus Contracts
    Turnover Discount Call-Off & 'Just-in-Time'
    Settlement Terms Pricing Structures
    Retentions Hidden Cost 'Extras'

  • Tactics and Behaviour in Negotiation

    The Alternative to Negotiated Structure and Phases of a
    Agreement Negotiation
    Creating a Win/Win Situation Strategy and Tactics
    Games plays - and counter-moves Establishing credibility
    Negotiating Traps & Escapes Presenting the case
    Power in Negotiation - using it The Art of Listening
    Conflict and Influence Salespersons' Vulnerable Spots

Workshop Leader

Andrew Hiles

 

Books by Kingswell Consultants

Books on Service Management

Hiles, A. N. The Complete Guide to IT Service Level Agreements, Matching Service Quality to Business Needs.. ISBN 0-9641648-2-5 published by Rothstein Associates Inc.  The standard work on IT Service Level Agreements.

Hiles, A. N. E-Business Service Level Agreements: Strategies for ISPs, ASPs, *SPs and CLECS.  Published by Rothstein Associates Inc.  The first book to deal specifically with e-commerce Service Level Agreements.

Hiles, A. N. Service Level Agreements, Winning a Competitive Edge for Supply and Support Services.  ISBN 0-9641648-4-1published by Rothstein Associates Inc. This book applies Service Level Agreements to services other than IT. Real case studies and example SLAs are provided ranging from Human Resources, Logistics, through Training, Livestock Handling, Logistics and Field Service Engineering.

Hiles A.N. and Gunn, Dr. Y. Creating a Customer-Focused Help Desk: How to Win and Keep Your Customers. Published by Rothstein Associates Inc. ISBN 0-9641648-6-8 This book has the support of the Help Desk Institute www.helpdeskinst.com

Books on Business Continuity

Hiles A.N. Business Continuity Management: Best Practice. Published by Rothstein Associates Inc. ISBN 0-9641648-3-3.  This book explicitly covers all the ten areas of business continuity competence required for membership of the Disaster Recovery Institute International (DRII) and the Business Continuity Institute (BCI).

Hiles A.N. Enterprise Risk Assessment & Business Impact Analysis – Best Practices ISBN 1-931332-12-6 Published by Rothstein Associates Inc. Covers many techniques and methods of risk and impact assessment with detailed examples and checklists.

e-Publication. Kingswell books on Business Continuity, Service Level Agreements and  Help Desk Management will shortly be available by page download in conjunction with Rothstein Associates Inc and Books24x7.com.

New and updated books. Existing  books Business Continuity Management – Best Practice and IT Service Level Agreements have been extensively updated. See our products page or visit www.rothstein.com .

All the above books can be obtained from:

Rothstein Associates Inc.
4 Arapaho Road
Brookfield
Connecticut
0608-3104 USA

www.rothstein.com

e-mail pjr@rothstein.com

Telephone: USA: 1-888-ROTHSTEIN
Worldwide: +1 203 740 7400

Hiles A.N. Guide to Risk Management. Published by the Institute of Chartered Accountants of England and Wales.

Hiles A.N. and Barnes, P. (Editor and main contributor) The Definitive Handbook of Business Continuity Management, John Wiley & Sons, 1999, ISBN 0 471 98622 4.

Hiles, A.N. (contributor), Croner’s Purchasing and Supply Guide to I.T., 1994, ISBN 1 85524 271 0

Hiles, A.N. (contributor), Guide to Business Continuity Management, 1999, for the Confederation of British Industry by Caspian Publishing

Hiles A.N. (contributor) Business Continuity Management, 2000, Institute of Directors / Department of Trade & Industry.

 

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