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Cost Plus & Fixed Price Contract Question
Hi everyone. I am working my way through the Udemy course and PMBOK Guide, and am just not comprehending the differences between Cost Plus Award Fee and Cost Plus Fixed Fee contracts, and Firm Fixed Price and Fixed Price contracts. Both Cost Plus types cover costs plus an award fee - how are they different? Similarly, both Firm Fixed Price and Firm Fixed are a set amount regardless of cost - how are they different? I think I am missing the nuance here, and appreciate any help from the group. Thanks!
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The PMI GPT says this: 🔹 COST-REIMBURSABLE CONTRACTS These are contracts where the buyer reimburses the seller for actual costs, and then adds an additional fee. The two you mentioned fall into this category: ✅ 1. Cost Plus Fixed Fee (CPFF) - What it is:The seller is reimbursed for all allowable costs, plus a fixed fee. - Fixed fee:The fee is agreed upon upfront and does not change, regardless of project performance. - Key point:The seller’s profit is fixed — there’s no incentive to control costs or improve performance. Example: You hire a contractor to build a prototype for $100,000 in costs, plus a fixed $10,000 fee. Whether the costs end up at $90K or $110K, they still get $10K as their fee. ✅ 2. Cost Plus Award Fee (CPAF) - What it is:The seller is reimbursed for all allowable costs, plus an award fee based on performance. - Award fee:This is subjective and is awarded based on how well the seller performs. - Key point:The seller has incentive to perform well to receive a higher award. Example: Same as above, but the $10,000 is not fixed. Instead, the buyer can award some or all of it depending on how well the seller met quality, schedule, or innovation targets. 🔹 FIXED-PRICE CONTRACTS These are contracts where the price is set, regardless of the seller’s actual costs. ✅ 1. Firm Fixed Price (FFP) - What it is:The price is set and not adjustable — the seller must deliver the project for that price. - Risk:All the cost risk is on the seller. If costs go up, the seller eats it. - Key point:The buyer pays a firm, agreed amount, regardless of performance or cost. Example: You agree to pay $500,000 to build a building. Even if the seller’s cost goes up to $550,000, they must absorb the $50,000 loss. ✅ 2. Fixed Price (FP) - What it is:This is a generic term. It simply means the price is fixed, but it may include variants like: Firm Fixed Price (FFP) Fixed Price Incentive Fee (FPIF) Fixed Price with Economic Price Adjustment (FPEPA) - - Key point:“Fixed Price” is the category, while FFP is the most strict form — a subtype with zero adjustments.
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My PMP application has been accepted! Yay!
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@Awawu Mohammed Thank you!! Slowly but surely getting closer 🚀”
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@Mireya Semelas hell yeah, girl! LFG!! congrats!!
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I submitted my application today. Thankfully I didn’t get audited. For anyone that is nuerospicey (ADHD) like I am, I requested accommodations. I will share my experience with anyone that would like to hear about it.
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Using PMI Study Hall and Exam Simulator
Hi, I'm taking my PMP on Friday and using both Andrew's Exam Simulator as well as PMI Study Hall for practice. I am getting only around 70% on the Study Hall exams but in the 80s on the Exam Simulator. Has anyone else experienced this? I feel like the wrong answers I got on the PMI Study Hall questions are mostly explained by Andrew's mindset, but I have a harder time applying the mindset on those questions given the way they are written. It's making me nervous for the real exam. Any advice is appreciated!
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I would stick to Andrew’s 100%.
Please explain answer
Reading the question, it feels like it is a Traditional/Predictive PM project! So the answer needs to be D. Please explain why is it C is correct!
Please explain answer
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I believe work packages are part of traditional like you mentioned, and backlog is agile so the question to answer doesn’t make sense to me either. But also you never cancel a project. So personally I wouldn’t pick A. But I think Andrew mentioned that a lot of the questions in study hall can be worded wrong or have wrong answers. He doesn’t like it. That might just be a bad question.
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