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Balanced Scorecard & KPI Development

Balanced Scorecard & KPI Development

1 Weeks
Professional Level
Certificate Included
Course Content

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LisbonPortugal
September 15, 2026
€4,400
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LisbonPortugal
September 15, 2026
€4,400
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TunisTunis
September 22, 2026
€3,900
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TunisTunis
September 22, 2026
€3,900
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DubaiUnited Arab Emirates
September 26, 2026
€4,800
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DubaiUnited Arab Emirates
September 26, 2026
€4,800
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OnlineOnline
October 3, 2026
€1,790
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OnlineOnline
October 3, 2026
€1,790
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ParisFrance
October 13, 2026
€4,900
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ParisFrance
October 13, 2026
€4,900
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GenevaSwitzerland
October 19, 2026
€4,600
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GenevaSwitzerland
October 19, 2026
€4,600
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IstanbulTurkey
October 27, 2026
€4,700
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IstanbulTurkey
October 27, 2026
€4,700
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AmsterdamNetherlands
October 29, 2026
€4,600
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AmsterdamNetherlands
October 29, 2026
€4,600
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Kuala LumpurMalaysia
November 2, 2026
€4,400
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Kuala LumpurMalaysia
November 2, 2026
€4,400
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LondonUnited Kingdom
November 27, 2026
£4,600
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LondonUnited Kingdom
November 27, 2026
£4,600
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Course Information

Duration

1 Weeks

Category

Training & Development

Level

Professional Level

Certificate

Included

INTRODUCTION

Organizations require clear performance systems to ensure that strategic plans produce measurable and sustainable results. The balanced scorecard provides a structured method for converting strategy into objectives, indicators, targets, and initiatives. Effective KPIs help leaders monitor progress, identify performance gaps, and make evidence-based decisions. However, many organizations struggle with poorly defined indicators, inconsistent data, unrealistic targets, and disconnected reporting. Successful performance measurement requires strategic alignment, clear ownership, reliable information, and disciplined review processes. This course introduces practical methods for designing balanced scorecards and developing meaningful performance indicators. Participants learn how to translate strategic objectives into measurable questions and relevant evidence. They also explore how dashboards, benchmarking, analysis, and performance reviews support continuous improvement. The program combines international practices, organizational case studies, templates, exercises, and implementation planning.

COURSE OBJECTIVES

Participants will achieve the following objectives by this course:

  • Understand balanced scorecard principles and their role in strategy execution.
  • Translate strategic priorities into clear and measurable organizational objectives.
  • Develop strategy maps showing cause-and-effect relationships between objectives.
  • Design balanced scorecards across relevant organizational performance perspectives.
  • Create clear, reliable, actionable, and strategically aligned KPIs.
  • Define indicator formulas, data sources, frequency, ownership, and reporting requirements.
  • Establish credible baselines, targets, thresholds, and performance ranges.
  • Develop executive dashboards and concise performance reports.
  • Analyze performance gaps and identify appropriate corrective actions.
  • Build an implementation roadmap for sustainable performance management.

TARGET AUDIENCE

This program targets a professional audience seeking to improve knowledge and skills:

  • Senior executives and organizational leaders responsible for strategy execution, governance, accountability, and performance improvement.
  • Strategy and performance managers developing scorecards, indicators, dashboards, targets, and institutional reporting systems.
  • Department heads and functional managers accountable for strategic and operational objectives.
  • Finance and budgeting professionals linking organizational resources with performance results and strategic priorities.
  • Human resources leaders aligning individual, team, and organizational performance.
  • Quality, excellence, risk, audit, and compliance specialists supporting governance and improvement.
  • Project and program managers monitoring strategic initiatives and benefits.
  • Consultants and analysts supporting measurement, benchmarking, transformation, and organizational excellence.

COURSE OUTLINE

Day 1: Balanced Scorecard Foundations and Strategic Alignment

  • Understanding balanced scorecard concepts and strategic value.
  • Connecting organizational strategy with performance measurement systems.
  • Clarifying vision, mission, values, and strategic priorities.
  • Identifying common barriers to strategy execution.
  • Understanding balanced scorecard perspectives and applications.
  • Translating priorities into measurable strategic objectives.
  • Defining performance governance roles and responsibilities.
  • Assessing organizational readiness for scorecard implementation.

Day 2: Strategy Mapping and Scorecard Design

  • Understanding cause-and-effect relationships between strategic objectives.
  • Developing objectives across balanced performance perspectives.
  • Creating clear and coherent organizational strategy maps.
  • Testing strategic logic and objective relationships.
  • Aligning departmental objectives with corporate priorities.
  • Balancing financial and nonfinancial performance measures.
  • Connecting strategic initiatives with scorecard objectives.
  • Reviewing scorecard relevance, alignment, and completeness.

Day 3: KPI Development and Technical Specifications

  • Converting strategic objectives into measurable performance questions.
  • Selecting relevant, reliable, actionable, and balanced indicators.
  • Distinguishing leading, lagging, quantitative, and qualitative measures.
  • Defining indicator formulas and calculation methodologies.
  • Identifying data sources, frequency, ownership, and accountability.
  • Developing KPI dictionaries and specification sheets.
  • Avoiding vanity metrics and misleading indicators.
  • Testing indicators for validity, reliability, and usefulness.

Day 4: Target Setting, Dashboards, and Performance Analysis

  • Establishing credible baselines using historical performance data.
  • Setting realistic, ambitious, and evidence-based targets.
  • Defining thresholds, tolerances, and escalation requirements.
  • Applying internal and external benchmarking methods.
  • Designing executive dashboards for clear communication.
  • Selecting effective visual formats for performance information.
  • Analyzing variances between actual results and targets.
  • Identifying root causes of performance gaps.

Day 5: Performance Reviews and Implementation Planning

  • Conducting structured and action-oriented performance reviews.
  • Developing corrective actions for underperforming indicators.
  • Assigning responsibilities, deadlines, and follow-up requirements.
  • Linking scorecards with planning and budgeting processes.
  • Aligning individual and departmental performance systems.
  • Strengthening data governance and reporting discipline.
  • Building continuous improvement and organizational learning.
  • Developing a balanced scorecard implementation roadmap.

COURSE DURATION

Duration: 1 Weeks

This intensive professional training program is delivered over five consecutive days through structured sessions combining expert instruction, case studies, practical exercises, strategy mapping workshops, KPI development, target-setting activities, dashboard design, performance analysis, group discussions, and implementation planning. The course may be delivered as public training, customized in-house training, virtual instructor-led learning, or blended development according to organizational requirements and participant responsibilities.

INSTRUCTOR INFORMATION

The course is delivered by an internationally certified expert with extensive practical and consulting experience in strategic planning, balanced scorecards, key performance indicators, performance management, organizational excellence, governance, benchmarking, data analysis, and executive reporting. The instructor combines international methodologies with practical organizational experience and uses real-world cases, scorecard templates, KPI tools, analytical techniques, and interactive workshops to support direct workplace application.

FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

Yes, it explains the methodology from foundations through practical implementation.

CONCLUSION

Balanced scorecards and effective KPIs enable organizations to transform strategic priorities into measurable and accountable results. This course equips participants with practical methods for strategy mapping, scorecard design, indicator development, target setting, and performance analysis. It strengthens the connection between strategic planning, operational execution, reporting, and continuous improvement. Participants gain tools for building credible performance systems and supporting informed leadership decisions. The program helps organizations establish aligned, transparent, and results-focused performance cultures.

Balanced Scorecard & KPI Development

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