I'm assuming you are referring to a contract which was signed prior to a project commencing? If so, you would absolutely have to align the scope of work, delivery approach and other considerations to the terms & conditions of the contract.
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Luis BrancoCEO| Business Insight, Consultores de Gestão, LdªCarcavelos, Lisboa, Portugal
Dear Jorge
Interesting your question
Thanks for sharing
I am of the same opinion that Kiron
"you would absolutely have to align the scope of work, delivery approach and other considerations to the terms & conditions of the contract." Saving Changes...
Thomas WalentaGlobal Project Economy ExpertHackenheim, Germany
It depends on your project charter, which is owned by the sponsor in your organization, probably the person who signed the contract on your side.
If the contract scope is referred to in the charter, then yes. If not, no. But ask the sponsor.
In some cases, what you sign is one thing to show people, what you really do is another thing. I have seen project managers assigned to kill a contract. Saving Changes...
The contracts I've worked with have been with 3rd party implementers. In these cases, I have included, in the project WBS, any non-administrative artifacts and deliverables identified in the contract. Saving Changes...
If we didn't follow contracts, the world would be in deep... Saving Changes...
Deepesh RammoorthyICT Project Manager ( PMP®AgilePM®Certified ScrumMaster® (CSM®))| Australian Red Cross Blood ServiceTarneit, Vic, Australia
Sometimes the contracts you manage are with multiple suppliers to deliver pieces of scope within a bigger project .
In such cases you manage the whole project scope as a super-set but make sure that you strictly adhere to terms and conditions and the scope of individual contracts and deliver the work of the project accordingly.
This means your schedule, risks, costs, procurement, resourcing, communication should all consider the scope of those contracts. Saving Changes...
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