Facilitated
by Adrian
Brudan, General Manager TKI EMEA, this course was held in Dubai, United
Arab Emirates, between 16-20 December 2018 and is part of a
series of certification courses dedicated to rigorous usage of KPIs in
practice.
In the first day, the
course agenda covered the following
subjects:
- The world of KPIs;
- Understanding KPIs;
- KPI typology;
- KPI taxonomy.
The
second day sessions covered the following discussion topics:
- KPI Selection;
- KPI Alignment;
- KPI Documentation;
- Working with targets.
In
the third day of the course the next themes were approached:
- Data gathering;
- Data visualization;
- Review and certification exam.
In the fourth day of the training course, the discussions were over the
following subjects:
- KPI project coordination;
- KPI selection at Organizational Level.
The fifth day concluded with the topics:
- KPI Measurement;
- KPI selection at Operational Level;
- Review and Assessment Quiz.
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 professionals
from
Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Oman having different backgrounds and areas
of expertise in their working fields like Training, Logistics, Healthcare, Oil
& Energy.
Before
beginning the course, sharing challenges of previous
experience in working with KPIs was encouraged and some of them were:
- Getting the buy in
- Selecting relevant KPIs
- Data availability
- KPIs monitoring
- Setting targets
- KPI Documentation
- How many KPIs
- Timeframe for data collection
- Data validation
- Measuring the progress of projects
- Benchmarking
Participants were invited to express some learning needs and they
communicated the following expectations from the course:
- Best practices in performance management models
- Performance measurement vs performance management
- Skills for the Performance Management Office
- Proper KPI selection
- How to measure Smart Objectives
- KPI documentation
- Benchmarking KPI
In addition to the training sessions, the learning
experience is comprised of a pre-course stage, a core course stage and an
after-course stage. Upon participating at the face to face training course and
completing all the activities on our eLearning platform participants will
receive the following:
- Certificate of Completion (soft copy): after completing the pre-course activities and passing the Certification Exam;
- Certificate of Attendance KPI Professional (hard copy): after participating at the 3 days of on-site Certified KPI Professional training course;
- Certificate of Attendance KPI Practitioner (hard copy): after participating at the 2 days of on-site Certified KPI Practitioner training course;
- Certified KPI Professional diploma (hard copy): after you have successfully completed all the pre-course, core-course activities and items 11-16 of the after-course stage in the learning experience;
- Certified KPI Practitioner diploma (hard copy): after submitting your KPI Practitioner Portfolio, obtaining minimum 360 points out of 450 points after the portfolio’s evaluation and completed items 17-19 of the after-course learning experience.
In addition to the training sessions, on the last
day of the course, participants completed a certification exam for obtaining
the Certificate of Completion. 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 to obtain their KPI Practitioner Certification by following the
steps highlighted on The KPI Institute’s website.
To find out more details, please visit the KPI Professional and Practitioner certification page
If the opportunity of customized KPI training courses is of interest to you, email us at office@kpiinstitute.org and you will receive a tailored offer.
For more information, contact one of our
representatives:
Alexandru Muntean
alex.muntean@kpiinstitute.com