The Certified KPI Professional and Practitioner Training Courses in Abu Dhabi were part of a series of certification courses dedicated to rigorous usage of KPIs in practice. These courses were organized in 2015 at global level in more than 30 cities from 5 continents, by The KPI Institute.
Facilitated by Adrian Brudan, General Manager of the TKI Institute EMEA Region, these courses were held in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, between 29th, 30th, 31st of March and 1st and 2nd of April 2015.
The agenda for the Certified KPI Professional Course covered in the first day the following subjects:
- Introduction to the world of KPIs;
- The pillars of KPI architecture;
- KPI selection.
The second day sessions covered the following discussion topics:
- KPI documentation;
- Data visualization – Designing KPI Dashboards and Scorecards;
- KPI data gathering and reporting.
In the third day of the course the next themes were approached:
- KPI management enablers: software, hardware, communication and culture;
- Generating value from using KPIs;
- Measuring and learning with KPIs.
In order to enable both the theoretical understanding and practical experience of using a variety performance management tools and techniques for deploying KPIs correctly across different industries and functional areas, some of the methods used throughout the course were:
- Group discussions, exercises, simulations and case studies;
- Explanation of the theory regarding performance measurement;
- Presentation of the performance management templates as tools to support the integration of performance management practices in organizations;
- Customized feedback regarding the present use and the future plans for implementing performance management systems;
- Active involvement of all the participants in a collaborative learning environment where opinions and experiences are shared.
The course was attended by practitioners from United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia, having different backgrounds and areas of expertise in their working fields like oil and gas, healthcare, construction and banking.
Before beginning the course, sharing challenges of previous experience in working with KPIs was encouraged and some of them were:
- Understanding the idea, the fields and the different typologies of a KPI.
- Accurate gathering of data collection for KPIs;
- Selecting the relevant KPIs for different functions;
- The Correlation between the KPIs and how to clarify the units of measurement
- Setting a relevant Organizational Culture based on performance and oriented towards results;
Participants were invited to express some learning needs and they communicated the following expectations from the course:
- Understand the importance of the KPIs and the difference between the SMART KPIs and SMART Objectives;
- Understand how to develop and select relevant KPIs;
- Aligning KPIs to individual level;
- How to use and improve the KPIs on a long term strategy;
- Understand how to define and standardize KPIs.
- Ensuring the KPIs align with the Company’s Organizational Culture and Structure.
In addition to the training sessions, on the last day of the course, participants completed a certification test for obtaining the Certified KPI Professional status. The certification recognizes the professionals’ ability to deploy and use KPIs in accordance with The KPI Institute’s Key Performance Indicators Management Framework, the main body of knowledge on the rigorous use of KPIs in business.
The second course was the Certified KPI Practitioner which focused on practical exercises, accounted for 90 percent of the course’s time, the remaining time being dedicated to review relevant theoretical concepts. Independent from the course, participants can in the future to opt in to obtain their KPI Practitioner Certification by following the steps highlighted on The KPI Institute’s website.
Details about the KPI certification programs can be found on store.kpiinstitute.org.
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