Certified KPI Professional Course in Johannesburg

The Certified KPI Professional Course in Johannesburg was part of a series of certification courses dedicated to rigorous usage of KPIs in practice, organized in 2014 at global level in more than 30 cities from 5 continents, by The KPI Institute.

Facilitated by Raluca Vintilă, Business Research Analyst and Trainer of The KPI Institute, this course was held at Hyatt Regency in Johannesburg, South Africa, between the 8^th and the 10^th of July 2014.

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 of 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 South Africa with different backgrounds and areas of expertise in consulting, transportation and logistics.

Before beginning the course, sharing challenges of previous experience in working with KPIs was encouraged and some of them were:

• Selecting the right KPIs;
• Documenting KPIs clearly and concisely;
• Gathering data for KPIs;
• Generating insights for the Root Cause Analysis;
• Decision making based on KPI results.

Participants were invited to express some learning needs and they communicated the following expectations from the course:

• Discussing about better understanding of getting the business to focus on the right KPIs;
• Approaching the topic of operational KPIs and integrated performance KPIs;
• Discuss about initiatives translated in benefits;
• Discuss about KPIs giving the appropriate outcome;
• Approach the topic of better frameworks for understanding KPIs;
• Learn about the technical aspects of working with KPIs, such as target setting, KPI weighting, working with indexes, qualitative KPIs;
• Discuss about alignment of FAs with the organizational level;
• Learn about collecting data to make sense from business point of view, not just individual, bottom-top/top-bottom approach.

The learning expectations were met during the course, as the feedback received form participants shows:

“Very informative course. It is a very high standard and prerequisites experience is needed to follow the concepts. Value Flow Analysis it insides my understanding of KPIs.”

Roger Knocker, Managing Director, KPI Management Solutions, South Africa

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.

Details about the KPI certification programs can be found on store.kpiinstitute.org.

If the opportunity of customized KPI training courses is of interest to you, email us at [email protected] and you will receive a tailored offer.

For more information contact one of our representatives:

Alexandru Muntean
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