PM Roles differentiated by level of engagment

Michael:
You can do this a variety of ways. Here's some ideas.

A. Best Practice Approach and Framework: Should be in place for to support B & C
You can define an organizational life-cycle approach for all departments around the approvals, process groups, resources and contract management. Key roles will be identified so you can track and manage a resource pool. You will have to define the entry point for a project. (See B)

B.Contract Management/Service Delivery Model:
See above, the framework can function as a contract management approach so contract manager can manage from a business group and request resources from functional managers including PMs. (A+B) or

C. Project Delivery Model/Hybrid:
See above, each project would get assigned a PM after contract approval and will assist contract manager with initiation. (A+C)

It's a challenge that needs executive input, and buy in. Let's see what others have to share.

Michael,

"
Bad Project Management = 60% delayed
Good Project Management = 20% delayed"

How is this defined? How were these numbers reached? What does 'delayed' mean?

There ideally would be a contracts and vendor management department for those items. They are there to review SOW's and add advice for modifications required by the vendor prior to signing.