The Certified KPI Professional Course in London, United Kingdom 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 Paul Albu, Senior business research specialist, this course was held at Hilton London Olympia in London between 8th and 10th of October 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 United Kingdom and Saudi Arabia with different backgrounds and areas of expertise in utilities, government, telecommunications and media.
Before beginning the course, sharing challenges of previous experience in working with KPIs was encouraged and some of them were:
- Qualified employees;
- The strategy of the organization;
- Know how – what KPIs to select, how many, best practices.
Participants were invited to express some learning needs and they communicated the following expectations from the course:
- Measuring KPIs;
- Setting targets;
- Relationship between companies and employees;
- Generating value from using KPIs.
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.
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