# Federal Workforce Analysis and Planning Course

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## Overview

Acquire the skills you need to align workforce planning with your agency's mission. Learn how to forecast and plan for future human resources needs: analyze mission requirements, collect workforce data, identify workforce surpluses or gaps, and identify solutions to address the gaps.

## What you'll learn

- Recognize the importance of workforce analysis and planning in the strategic management of human capital.
- Use data and planning models in the workforce planning process.
- Analyze and interpret workforce data using workforce supply and demand analysis methods.
- Develop strategies to address skill gaps.
- Take the steps needed to successfully implement a workforce action plan.
- Evaluate whether a workforce plan is achieving desired results or needs revision.

## Curriculum

#### Module 1: Introduction to Workforce Analysis and Planning

- Define workforce analysis and planning
- Describe the importance of workforce analysis and planning to accomplish an organization’s business and mission
- Discuss the role of workforce analysis and planning in strategic human capital management
- Discuss OPM’s Human Capital Framework in workforce planning
- Explain the role of data in strategic human capital management
- Describe the steps commonly used in workforce planning models

#### Module 2: Set the Strategic Direction

- Describe the strategic planning process
- Explain how agency strategic plans impact employees at all levels
- Identify key priorities that impact the workforce planning process
- Discuss how federal agencies as complex adaptive systems must deal with uncertainty

#### Module 3: Assess the Current and Future Workforce

- Define workforce supply analysis, workforce demand analysis, and gap analysis and the purpose of the information that results from them
- Identify types and sources of workforce supply and demand data available to agencies
- Interpret workforce supply and demand data to identify implications for workforce planning

#### Module 4: Develop an Action Plan

- Identify strategies to address identified skills gaps
- Identify factors that influence strategies

#### Module 5: Implement, Monitor, Evaluate, and Revise

- Identify key issues that help agencies ensure successful implementation of a workforce plan
- Identify the steps involved in evaluating and revising a workforce plan
- Identify key issues involved in determining whether to revise the workforce plan
- Identify data collection tools used to determine whether the workforce plan is achieving results

## Schedule
- Jul 21, 2026 – Jul 22, 2026 — Live Online
- Aug 25, 2026 – Aug 26, 2026 — Live Online
- Oct 1, 2026 – Oct 2, 2026 — Live Online
- Nov 9, 2026 – Nov 10, 2026 — Live Online
- Dec 7, 2026 – Dec 8, 2026 — Live Online

## Instructors

### Adrianna Harden — Instructor

Adrianna is a retired federal Human Resources (HR) Senior Leader who dedicated her civil service career serving America’s veterans. She retired after spending over 32 years in HR, working at Veteran Affairs Headquarters, Regional Office, and Field facilities. She passionately shares her wealth of HR knowledge to all who are interested. She loves learning and intentionally commits to learning “something new” every day. In addition to her extensive HR experience, she has a Master’s degree in Management Technology and HRM. She is certified as a Senior HR Professional with the Society of Human Resources Management organization.

## Pricing

**Tuition:** $1049