Workforce Strategic Planning LIVE

Course Description

The Workforce Strategic Planning LIVE Class gives participants the end-to-end understanding of the Workforce Management lifecycle from clean data to real-time execution.
Built around SRC’s proprietary frameworks, this 4-day immersive experience transforms theory into application with hands-on labs, case studies, and interactive simulations.

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

Certification

Professionals who complete this program and pass the assessments earn the Workforce Strategic Planning Certified, Powered by SRC Frameworks™ designation.

This credential signals to employers, customers, and stakeholders that you are not just familiar with WFM, you are trained, tested, and certified in the discipline of strategic workforce planning.

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

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Course Outline

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

Who Should Attend

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.

What You Will Learn

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.

Private Training

Customized Private training just for your organization's WFM and/or Ops team.

Virtual Classroom

Live, online instructor-led training.

January 13-16, 2026

9:00 am-5:00 pm ET

$1,999

February 10-13 2026

9:00 am-5:00 pm ET

$1,999

March 3-6 2026

9:00 am-5:00 pm ET

$1,999

April 7-10 2026

9:00 am-5:00 pm ET

$1,999

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