FPM 332: Progressive Contracting Strategies for Programs
Contracting strategy at the program level - for project/program managers. Where FPM 232 puts you in charge of the acquisition process for a project, FPM 332 lifts that to the program level — where you're not running one contract, but integrating procurement strategy across a whole program of related efforts. This senior-level course gives you the ability to integrate, evaluate, and lead a program's procurement into a single viable strategy. You'll evaluate acquisition planning actions and adjust them as policy shifts and program risk evolves, orchestrate source selection for a complex program, and learn how evaluation criteria are developed and defended. You'll work through how to balance competing stakeholder expectations, lead the acquisition of services that support an agency's technical and business needs, and facilitate a negotiated performance baseline between operational users and the commercial and organic providers who support them. You won't just manage contracts — you'll set the contracting strategy that holds a program together, making the high-stakes tradeoffs among cost, schedule, scope, and risk that keep a major program whole. You'll understand why each strategic call matters, and how to defend it when the program is under pressure.
A note on certification paths: This course is one of the four FPM 331–334 courses that together meet FAC-P/PM Senior-Level training. Senior-level certification also calls for significant project/program management experience. Because requirements vary by agency, check with your Acquisition Career Manager (ACM) to confirm what your agency requires before you build your certification plan.
Whether you take it for certification or not — this is a great way to earn CLPs while building genuinely valuable, immediately usable project management skills. Solid knowledge, real CLP credit, and practical tools and information to make you better at your job.
Format: 3 days / 24 CLPs. Classroom or virtual.
Pricing is set per engagement. Contact Phoenix Canyon to request a quote.
Contracting strategy at the program level - for project/program managers. Where FPM 232 puts you in charge of the acquisition process for a project, FPM 332 lifts that to the program level — where you're not running one contract, but integrating procurement strategy across a whole program of related efforts. This senior-level course gives you the ability to integrate, evaluate, and lead a program's procurement into a single viable strategy. You'll evaluate acquisition planning actions and adjust them as policy shifts and program risk evolves, orchestrate source selection for a complex program, and learn how evaluation criteria are developed and defended. You'll work through how to balance competing stakeholder expectations, lead the acquisition of services that support an agency's technical and business needs, and facilitate a negotiated performance baseline between operational users and the commercial and organic providers who support them. You won't just manage contracts — you'll set the contracting strategy that holds a program together, making the high-stakes tradeoffs among cost, schedule, scope, and risk that keep a major program whole. You'll understand why each strategic call matters, and how to defend it when the program is under pressure.
A note on certification paths: This course is one of the four FPM 331–334 courses that together meet FAC-P/PM Senior-Level training. Senior-level certification also calls for significant project/program management experience. Because requirements vary by agency, check with your Acquisition Career Manager (ACM) to confirm what your agency requires before you build your certification plan.
Whether you take it for certification or not — this is a great way to earn CLPs while building genuinely valuable, immediately usable project management skills. Solid knowledge, real CLP credit, and practical tools and information to make you better at your job.
Format: 3 days / 24 CLPs. Classroom or virtual.
Pricing is set per engagement. Contact Phoenix Canyon to request a quote.