Compare the organisation's handling of retail chain expansion projects with recognised practice, and close the material gaps.
Managing Multi-Site Retail Chain Expansion Projects
A concise, decision-focused programme covering retail chain expansion projects end to end.
📍 Tunis🗓️ 5 training days📚 4 modules🎓 Accredited certificate
5intensive training days
4scientific modules
8training sessions
32detailed points
Course Overview
A schedule for retail chain expansion projects without a critical path is a wish list with dates. The estimate for expansion projects that nobody challenged is usually the one that fails. Organisations that document the project and portfolio delivery discipline properly resolve disputes about it far more quickly. It is written for people who have to make retail chain expansion projects work with the resources they already have. The course sets out a working method for the practice within project and portfolio delivery that participants can apply the week they return. Participants finish able to explain expansion projects to a non-specialist audience without losing precision. The programme uses small-group work so that each participant's treatment of retail chain expansion projects is examined, not just described. The version of expansion projects described in the manual and the version practised on the floor tend to diverge over time. The final module sets out how progress on this part of project and portfolio delivery will be evidenced six months later.
Expected Learning Outcomes
Set a realistic target state for expansion projects and a defensible route to it.
Manage dependencies between retail chain expansion projects and other initiatives.
Recover expansion projects when it is behind, without pretending it is not.
Plan handover and benefit realisation for retail chain expansion projects.
Assess whether expansion projects should continue at each decision gate.
Plan the handover of retail chain expansion projects so that capability is not lost when key staff move on.
Who Should Attend
Project management office staff assuring retail chain expansion projects.
Business change managers handling adoption of expansion projects.
Technical staff being prepared for supervisory responsibility over retail chain expansion projects.
Project and programme managers whose delivery depends on expansion projects.
Programme and portfolio managers overseeing retail chain expansion projects.
Risk managers supporting expansion projects.
Course Modules
Retail chain expansion projects: procurement, contracts and suppliers
2 sessions · 8 pointsSession 1Who answers for retail chain expansion projects, and to whom
- Measure progress on retail chain expansion projects by value earned, not tasks ticked.
- Record what was learned when expansion projects did not go as planned.
- Identify the critical path through retail chain expansion projects and the float elsewhere.
- Identify the data already collected that bears on expansion projects.
Session 2Building a schedule for expansion projects with a real critical path
- Define acceptance criteria for retail chain expansion projects in advance.
- Test the procedure for expansion projects against a realistic scenario.
- Build reporting on retail chain expansion projects that surfaces problems while they are small.
- Manage supplier performance on expansion projects against contract, not goodwill.
Expansion projects: governance, gates and decision rights
2 sessions · 8 pointsSession 1Measuring progress on expansion projects honestly
- Map stakeholders of retail chain expansion projects by influence and current level of support.
- Review at each gate whether expansion projects should continue at all.
- Remove steps in retail chain expansion projects that add effort without adding assurance.
- Establish the boundary of expansion projects and record what sits outside it.
Session 2Estimating expansion projects without anchoring on the answer wanted
- Define how the benefit from retail chain expansion projects will be measured after closure.
- Compare resource demand from expansion projects against other commitments.
- Define the decision gates for retail chain expansion projects and what evidence each requires.
- Set the change control process for expansion projects and require cost and time impact.
Expansion projects: risk identification, quantification and ownership
2 sessions · 8 pointsSession 1Reading the current state of expansion projects honestly
- Rank the weaknesses in retail chain expansion projects by consequence rather than by ease of fixing.
- Draft the minimum viable delivery plan for expansion projects.
- Write down the assumptions underpinning the approach to retail chain expansion projects.
- Set escalation thresholds for expansion projects that work out of hours.
Session 2Pricing every change to retail chain expansion projects
- Archive the decision record for retail chain expansion projects so successors understand it.
- Plan handover of expansion projects to the team that will operate it.
- Collect evidence on the present handling of retail chain expansion projects before proposing changes.
- Agree the escalation threshold for expansion projects in advance.
Expansion projects: estimating cost and effort
2 sessions · 8 pointsSession 1The risks to expansion projects nobody wants to raise
- Confirm that contractual obligations around retail chain expansion projects are understood.
- Map the handovers in expansion projects between functions and secure them.
- Rehearse the briefing on retail chain expansion projects that would follow an incident.
- Write the scope statement for expansion projects including explicit exclusions.
Session 2Where expansion projects typically breaks, and why
- Assign responsibility for keeping documentation of retail chain expansion projects current.
- Set the review interval for expansion projects and who attends.
- Estimate retail chain expansion projects using two independent methods and reconcile the difference.
- Hold a lessons session on expansion projects while memory is accurate.
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At least 3 people
USD1,250
- 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
Gold Package
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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