1. Describe the five process groups that are found within project management.

2. List the skills that a procurement manager needs to have to be successful in todays evermore challenging business environment.

3. Discuss the concept of prioritizing and list some of the tools that can be utilized to prioritize tasks and activities successfully.

4.

Read Case Example 1: Shopping for a car on page 1 of the texbook and answer the following questions:

Describe the process that the family used to make their purchase decision.

List some of the strategic and tactical errors that the familiy made when they approached this procurement.

What would you have done differently?