Participants leave with:
A clear understanding of the four pillars of Workforce Management
Practical skills to forecast, schedule, and manage intraday operations
Templates, models, and playbooks ready for real-world use
A recognized SRC certification that validates their WFM capability
This certification validates that participants can:
✔ Apply CLEAR to ensure clean, trustworthy operational data
✔ Build forecasts and capacity plans using the LCSR methodology
✔ Design schedules that align staffing, demand, and experience using D4
✔ Manage real-time performance with ACT-level precision
✔ Translate WFM strategy into measurable business outcomes

Day 1: CLEAR Data Framework — Building the Foundation
➤ Benchmark assessment (pre-test)
➤ What WFM is and why it matters
➤ Understanding the CLEAR Framework (Collected • Linked • Evaluated • Accessible • Retained)
➤ Data sources and data integrity
➤ Mapping operational data flows (C + L exercises)
➤ Evaluating, accessing, and retaining data (E + A + R)
➤ CLEAR Scorecard assessment
➤“Data Detective” simulation
➤ Day 1 quiz + reflection
Day 2: LCSR Forecasting Framework — Knowing What’s Coming
➤ Forecasting fundamentals (Long-Range • Capacity • Short-Range • Reforecasting)
➤ Understanding forecast inputs
➤ Cleaning and validating data for forecasting
➤ Building workload and demand drivers
➤ Capacity planning basics
➤ Short-range interval review and staffing alignment
➤ Variance analysis and reforecasting practicals
➤ Hands-on forecasting lab
➤ Day 2 quiz + reflection
Day 3: D4 Scheduling Framework
➤ Understanding the D4 Framework (Demand-Driven • Distributed • Dynamic • Disruption-Ready)
➤ Translating forecasted demand into staffing requirements
➤ Building schedule strategies aligned to demand patterns
➤ Distributed workforce scheduling (on-site, remote, hybrid) while considering AI
➤ Dynamic flexibility: shifts, part-time blends, split scheduling, mobility
➤ Planning for disruption: outages, spikes, understaffing, call-outs
➤ Shrinkage modeling: planned vs. unplanned
➤ Coverage analysis and optimization
➤ D4 Scheduling Lab
➤ Day 3 quiz + reflection
Day 4: ACT Intraday Framework
➤ Understanding intraday performance metrics
➤ Real-time adherence, shrinkage, and occupancy
➤ Monitoring queues and reallocating capacity
➤ Tactical levers (AHOD, VTO, OT, channel shifting, reskilling)
➤ Intraday simulation scenario
➤ Final exam & certification readiness
This program is designed for professionals responsible for turning workforce strategy into real operational performance. Ideal attendees include:
➤ WFM Analysts & Coordinators who want deeper mastery of forecasting, scheduling, and intraday control
➤ Team Leads & Supervisors looking to level up their understanding of staffing, performance, and planning
➤ CX & Contact Center Leaders who need a stronger command of WFM to drive service, efficiency, and employee experience
➤ New or Emerging WFM Professionals seeking a structured, framework-based introduction to the discipline
➤ Operations Managers who rely on accurate plans and real-time management to meet business goals
This class is built for anyone who wants to move beyond tactics and learn how to run a workforce using a proven, strategic approach.
In this program, you won’t just learn WFM tactics, you’ll learn how to use Workforce Management as a strategic engine that improves experiences, optimizes resources, and drives measurable business results.
Participants will learn how to:
➤ Build a clean, reliable data foundation that improves decision-making across the customer journey
➤ Forecast and plan with intention so staffing aligns with demand, reduces waste, and protects experience
➤ Design smart, flexible schedules that support HYBRID workforces AI + Human employees while meeting operational and financial goals
➤ Manage real-time performance in a way that strengthens service delivery and operational control
➤ Connect data → forecast → schedule → intraday into one strategic system leaders can rely on
Use WFM to increase efficiency, protect revenue, and improve CX & EX simultaneously
This isn’t just how to do WFM.
It’s how to use WFM to transform the business.