Workforce Planning Strategy

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Workforce Planning Strategy

This course is part of Strategic Workforce Planning Specialization

Instructor: Microsoft

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7 modules

Gain insight into a topic and learn the fundamentals.

Intermediate level

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6 hours to complete

Flexible schedule

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7 modules

Gain insight into a topic and learn the fundamentals.

Intermediate level

Recommended experience

6 hours to complete

Flexible schedule

Learn at your own pace

What you'll learn

Frame strategic workforce planning challenges with clear scope and success metrics.
Build automated workforce dashboards in Power BI with KPIs and DAX formulas.
Create integrated people health views combining engagement and risk signals.
Assess AI and automation impacts on workforce needs and role evolution.

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There are 7 modules in this course

By the end of this course, you will be able to:

- Frame strategic workforce planning challenges with clear scope and success metrics. - Build automated workforce dashboards in Power BI with KPIs and DAX formulas. - Create integrated people health views combining engagement and risk signals. - Assess AI and automation impacts on workforce needs and role evolution. Build the foundations of strategic workforce planning by learning to frame workforce challenges, interpret key metrics, and build comprehensive people health dashboards. You will use Power BI and Viva Insights to create automated dashboards that provide real-time visibility into workforce trends, engagement levels, and organizational health indicators. This course establishes the analytical foundation necessary for data-driven workforce decisions. The curriculum requires Power BI Desktop (Windows PC or Mac with Parallels Desktop) and utilizes Microsoft Word and Excel. While Microsoft 365 online versions may offer free alternatives, the desktop versions with Copilot provide the optimal learning experience for creating sophisticated planning documents and professional dashboards. All Viva Insights activities include provided sample datasets to ensure you can practice these techniques immediately, regardless of your current access to internal organizational data. This course is for human resource (HR) professionals with core HR knowledge, basic Excel proficiency, and an interest in learning Power BI for strategic workforce analytics.

Learn to apply strategic workforce planning frameworks to create planning documents that align talent strategy with business objectives.

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2 videos2 readings1 assignment

Analyze how emerging technologies will transform specific roles in your organization and create a comprehensive role impact assessment.

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1 video2 readings1 assignment

Learn to identify, evaluate, and visualize the most critical workforce metrics while maintaining awareness of data quality issues that can undermine decision-making.

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2 videos2 readings1 assignment

Transform isolated workforce metrics into strategic success indicators that directly connect to business objectives and drive executive decision-making.

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2 videos2 readings2 assignments

Learn to combine diverse workforce data sources into a unified health view that provides early warning of organizational challenges.

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2 videos2 readings1 assignment

Transform your static dashboard into an active monitoring system with automated updates and intelligent alerts that notify you when intervention is needed.

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2 readings3 assignments

Synthesize your workforce planning skills by creating a comprehensive dashboard and executive brief that addresses a real-world talent challenge, demonstrating your ability to transform data into strategic insights.

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3 readings1 assignment

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