Roll-out strategy
Pilot choice and waves grouped by regulation, language and system version.
03 · IT consulting & delivery
One system, many countries, the same go-live discipline.
Wave-based roll-outs of business applications across countries and sites: pilot, local acceptance, key users, go/no-go and adoption, between Europe and the Gulf.
When to call us
Signs this is the right moment.
If two or more of these sound familiar, a first conversation will help you decide what to do next.
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A global template must go live in several countries or plants.
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Regulations, languages and system versions differ from site to site.
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Earlier waves slipped, or the system was installed but not used.
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Headquarters and local teams work different hours and weeks.
What we do
Six things we take care of.
Country readiness
Local requirements, data, integrations and support checked before each wave.
Local acceptance
Test campaigns run by local users on their own scenarios.
Key-user network
Named, trained key users in every site, first line of support after go-live.
Cut-over & go/no-go
Runbooks and go/no-go criteria agreed before each wave starts.
Hypercare & adoption
Close support after go-live and adoption measured, not assumed.
What you receive
Concrete deliverables, yours to keep.
- Roll-out strategy and wave plan
- Country readiness checklist
- Local acceptance plans
- Training kit and key-user guide
- Cut-over runbook with go/no-go criteria
- Adoption dashboard per site
Who works on it
- Roll-out managerOwns the wave plan and every go/no-go decision.
- Country or site leadPrepares and runs the wave locally, with the key users.
- Change & training leadBuilds the training kit and tracks adoption.
In English, French or Arabic, on site or remotely.
How it runs
Four steps, decisions at each one.
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Pick a representative pilot
One that carries the typical constraints, not the easiest one.
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Design the waves
Countries grouped by what drives effort, on real local calendars.
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Go live country by country
Readiness, local acceptance, training, then go/no-go.
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Hypercare & adoption
Close support, then usage measured site by site.
Experience
Where our consultants have done this.
Roles held inside global groups, some before HLA Consulting was founded.
All programmes-
Edenred
2021 – 2023
45 countries
General Project Manager · Payments & employee benefits
Smarter, Plasticless, Edenred+ and SCA projects built and rolled out in 45 countries: delivery, KPIs, committees, coordination of product, API, .NET, architecture and security teams.
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Allianz Trade
2023 – 2025
Multi-region
Roll-out Manager · Credit insurance & surety
Applications (New Avalis, ATO, DataHub) rolled out across several group regions: requirements, workshops, test strategy, change management and training.
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Stellantis
2018 – 2021 · pre-2019
32 plants
Project Manager · Automotive & logistics
Truck-loading optimisation application deployed to 32 plants: operations run with a team in India, releases, key-user network.
FAQ · Multi-country roll-outs
Frequently asked questions.
Other consulting services
Every plan uses each country’s real calendar: working weeks, public holidays that follow the lunar calendar and reduced hours during Ramadan in the Gulf. Committees and cut-overs are placed in the days and hours that teams share.
In waves: a pilot country, then groups of countries with similar constraints. Each site has trained key users, a local acceptance phase and a go/no-go decision. Our consultants have run this model across 45 countries for one programme and 32 plants for another.
Yes. Our engineering team has shipped seven products for clients in Qatar and Oman, including a bilingual Arabic–English e-learning platform delivered in batches over three years. We work in English, French and Arabic, and plan our rituals around both the European and the Gulf working weeks.
Europe · Gulf · North Africa
Let’s talk about your programme.
Tell us where you want to go. A senior consultant answers, in English, French or Arabic, with a first view of scope, team and timeline.