In this week’s lecture Dr. Simon mentioned that during the executing process of a project, the project manager (PM) is in charge of the source selection. This means the PM must decide on who are the appropriate suppliers for the project. The PM must qualify vendors under quality system. I understand that the supply must come at the least price in order to reduce the budget but shouldn’t this be done in the planning phase instead of the executing phase? I’m saying this because in the planning phase was mentioned that the more details you provide, the more probability that your project will be successful in the executing phase.

Let me know what you think about this

Sincerely,
Roberto Pineda.