Contract Management Plan [Insert Project Name] Last Update: [Insert Date] Template-Contract Management Plan v1 7-7-05 1 Overview [Provide an overview of the process you plan to employ to manage contracts, what roles will be involved, what the procedures will be and how you will measure the impact of contract change requests.] Process [Describe the process you plan to employ to manage contracts and contract change requests. Will existing meetings/groups be leveraged in order to alleviate meetings? What will the escalation procedures be? Will the basic change management process be used?] Roles and Responsibilities [Describe who will be involved in the contract management process. What roles and teams are required? Are meetings required? If so, how often?] Communication Strategy [Describe what methods will be used to communicate on contracts and contract change requests. Will existing meetings be used? What will the escalation procedures be?] Audit [Describe how the project will implement a process for conducting internal and/or independent contract audit activities. How will this be aligned with the Quality Assurance activity?] Performance Evaluation [Describe how the project will measure performance against project objectives, defined processes and audit activities.] Contingencies [Outline the project’s approach for handling under-performance or adverse contract developments, including processes for handling dispute resolution, noncompliance and underperforrmance. Contract Management Plan [Insert Project Name] Last Update: [Insert Date] Template-Contract Management Plan v1 7-7-05 2 Approval and Authority to Proceed We approve the project component as described above, and authorize the team to proceed. Name [type or sign name] Title Date Prepared By: