Stakeholders withdraw support for cold storage facility projects quietly before they withdraw it formally. The estimate for facility projects that nobody challenged is usually the one that fails. The most reliable predictor of sound the project and portfolio delivery discipline is whether anyone reviews it when nothing has gone wrong. The course sets out a working method for cold storage facility projects that participants can apply the week they return. The outcome is a practitioner who can hold a position on this part of project and portfolio delivery and revise it on evidence. Ambition around facility projects outruns capacity unless the sequencing is deliberate. Work is grounded in real cases drawn from cold storage facility projects, which each participant adapts to conditions in their own organisation. It is appropriate for those preparing to take on wider responsibility for facility projects. The course ends by identifying what the participant will stop doing to make this aspect of project and portfolio delivery sustainable.
Expected Learning Outcomes
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Track progress on cold storage facility projects by earned value rather than by activity completed.
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Assess the current state of facility projects against a structured set of criteria rather than impressions.
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Build the reporting on cold storage facility projects that gives early warning rather than reassurance.
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Design the governance and decision rights for facility projects.
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Agree the first three actions on cold storage facility projects that will be taken on returning to work.
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Set a realistic target state for facility projects and a defensible route to it.
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Estimate cost and effort for cold storage facility projects using more than one method.
Who Should Attend
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Those responsible for briefing external stakeholders on cold storage facility projects.
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Technical leads delivering work packages within facility projects.
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Project managers responsible for cold storage facility projects.
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Project and programme managers whose delivery depends on facility projects.
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Business change managers handling adoption of cold storage facility projects.
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Contract and procurement staff supporting facility projects.
Course Modules
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01
Cold storage facility projects: procurement, contracts and suppliers
2 sessions · 8 points
Session 1Recovering cold storage facility projects when it is behind
Build the work breakdown for cold storage facility projects to a level that can be estimated.
Define the decision gates for facility projects and what evidence each requires.
Define acceptance criteria for cold storage facility projects in advance.
Set the review interval for facility projects and who attends.
Session 2Reviewing facility projects when nothing has gone wrong
Map stakeholders of cold storage facility projects by influence and current level of support.
Estimate facility projects using two independent methods and reconcile the difference.
Name a single owner for each element of cold storage facility projects.
Define how the benefit from facility projects will be measured after closure.
02
Facility projects: risk identification, quantification and ownership
2 sessions · 8 points
Session 1Moving facility projects from approval to execution
Verify six months later that changes to cold storage facility projects have held.
Archive the decision record for facility projects so successors understand it.
Record the rationale for each significant choice made about cold storage facility projects.
Map the handovers in facility projects between functions and secure them.
Session 2Decision gates on facility projects that can actually stop it
Prepare the response for the most likely failure in cold storage facility projects.
Anticipate the objections facility projects will raise and prepare the answers.
Arrange the handover of cold storage facility projects so capability survives staff changes.
Review at each gate whether facility projects should continue at all.
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Facility projects: scope definition and exclusions
2 sessions · 8 points
Session 1Measuring progress on facility projects honestly
Register the risks to cold storage facility projects with owner, probability and impact.
Check that records of facility projects answer the questions likely to be asked.
Agree the escalation threshold for cold storage facility projects in advance.
Identify where judgement in facility projects is legitimate and where it is not.
Session 2Estimating cold storage facility projects without anchoring on the answer wanted
Build reporting on cold storage facility projects that surfaces problems while they are small.
Write the scope statement for facility projects including explicit exclusions.
Plan handover of cold storage facility projects to the team that will operate it.
Hold a lessons session on facility projects while memory is accurate.
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Facility projects: stakeholders, communication and support
2 sessions · 8 points
Session 1Writing the scope of facility projects including what is excluded
Set the change control process for cold storage facility projects and require cost and time impact.
Build the competence framework that supports facility projects.
Remove steps in cold storage facility projects that add effort without adding assurance.
Agree the indicators that will show whether facility projects is improving.
Session 2Building the method for facility projects step by step
Prepare the recovery plan for cold storage facility projects before it is needed.
Establish what evidence demonstrates facility projects is under control.
Define acceptance criteria for each deliverable of cold storage facility projects.
Close out actions on facility projects rather than leaving them open indefinitely.
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Airport Transfers
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Supervision & Secretarial Services
Accredited Certificate of Participation
Complete Training Kit
Coffee Break
Closing Ceremony
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At least 3 people
USD1,850
5-night stay in a 5-star hotel
Workshop or Program Participation
Airport Transfers
Customized Badge
Expert Mentorship (Private Sessions)
Supervision & Secretarial Services
Accredited Certificate of Participation
Complete Training Kit
Coffee Break
Closing Ceremony
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