Cloud Service Procurement Strategy
This course focuses on the commercial and financial rigour required to manage cloud service providers. It prepares procurement managers to navigate multi-cloud contracts, service level agreements, and vendor commercial assessment.
£450
Certified Cloud Procurement Professional
- Pass mark 70%
- Certificate on completion
- Verifiable public certificate ID
- English · available globally
Cloud Service Procurement Strategy: the short answers
- What is Cloud Service Procurement Strategy?
- This course focuses on the commercial and financial rigour required to manage cloud service providers. It prepares procurement managers to navigate multi-cloud contracts, service level agreements, and vendor commercial assessment.
- Who is Cloud Service Procurement Strategy for?
- It is pitched at Intermediate level for IT Procurement Managers working in Cloud Computing & DevOps (AWS/Azure/GCP), and is studied online from any country.
- How long does Cloud Service Procurement Strategy take?
- Around 18 hours of study, plus the assessed assignments and one applied project.
- How is the certification assessed?
- Every assignment and the final project are assessed automatically against the published criteria. The pass mark is 70%, and an item that does not pass can be resubmitted.
- What do I receive when I pass?
- Certified Cloud Procurement Professional, issued as a certificate with a unique ID that employers can check in the public certificate register.
- How much does it cost?
- £450 once, with no subscription.
What you will be able to do
- Evaluate cloud service provider pricing models
- Draft performance-based service level agreements
- Conduct quantitative vendor financial performance audits
- Mitigate commercial risks in cloud contract renewals
- Optimize procurement workflows for cloud resource acquisition
Written by Mark Sterling, Senior Procurement Consultant. Every submission is assessed automatically against the published criteria for Certified Cloud Procurement Professional, and the certificate is issued the moment the assessment is complete.
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