SMU

SCHOOL OF BUSINESS

MA IN PROJECT MANAGEMENT

Open Exam for the course of Project Procurement and Contract

Administration

Max Value 40%

Starting time: 4:00 PM

Submission time: 6:00pm

Any problem: 0913657413

GENERAL DIRECTION: Strictly Follow the Following Direction.

1. You are supposed to attempt all questions. You have to write your
answers with computer neatly and to the point.
2. Write clearly you name and your ID no.
3. Copying from friends and modifying the statement disqualify your
result.
4. Read the following Question carefully and answer the questions that
follow
5. Use this email to reply your answers: smusob2020@gmail.com
6. Late submission penalty: 30 minutes late submission (5 penalty);
1hr late submission (10 penalty); 1:30hrs late submission (20 marks
penalty) and 2 hrs late submission (rejection of the exam paper)
regardless of the reasons attached.

While replying via email: use your section as a subject (Subject:

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Name:______________________________________ID:______________Sect:_________

DIRECTION I: Supply the Appropriate Words/Phrases for the Following Questions (10%)

1. Write the two methods of Construction Management as a method of project delivery.

a)______________________________________________________

b)______________________________________________________

2. Write at least three conditions under which the fixed price contracts are valid, applicable

and justifiable in the construction projects.

a)______________________________________________________

b)______________________________________________________

c)______________________________________________________

3. The non-traditional project delivery methods can be group in four approaches or

methods. What are these methods?

a)______________________________________________________

b)______________________________________________________

c)______________________________________________________

d)______________________________________________________

4. _____________________________________is a secondary contract in which the person

or company originally hired in turn hires somebody else to do all or part of the work.

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DIRECTION II: Give short answers for the Following Questions on the separate answer
sheet provided (10%). The answer should not be greater than one page for each Question.

1. Write a short note on the goals of project procurement (3 points)

2. Discuss in short the different inputs used for the project procurement plan (3 points).
3. List and explain in short the different considerations which favor buying over making
decisions (4 points).

DIRECTION III: Long Answer Questions. Read the following Questions carefully and
answer in detail with examples on the separate answer sheet provided (30%).

1. To help project procuring officers formulate appropriate sourcing and competitive

strategies, Kraljic (1983) developed a simple positioning matrix based on two important
factors. Identify these two factors in the Ethiopian construction company and put all the
would be procured items under four quadrants (matrix), and develop sourcing strategies
for each category of products and suggest appropriate supply structure based on the
Ethiopian construction environment (10 points).
2. What is solicitation planning? Give the briefings of the tendering process in the Ethiopian
context. Discuss in detail the various stages involved in the Strategic supplier selection
and evaluation with the Ethiopian context (10 points).

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