Workshops
We are planning a selection of paid online workshops. Depending on demand and interest, we expect the first ones to launch in late 2026 or early 2027.
If you are interested in participating in any of them, please send us an email expressing your interest, including your name and time zone, using the link below the workshop in question. We will let you know when registration opens.
Understanding variation
Level 1: beginner
A one-hour talk for anyone interested in SPC:
- two types of variation: common and special cause
- two voices: the voice of the customer and the voice of the process
- understanding SPC charts
Introductory price: £25
Investigating special cause variation
Level 1: beginner
A two-hour workshop for practitioners involved in improvement work. This workshop is about interpreting and investigating signals of special cause variation in SPC charts.
- understanding variation
- understanding SPC charts
- The Pyramid Model for Investigation of Special Causes in Healthcare
Introductory price: £100
SPC charts with R
Level 2: intermediate
A full-day workshop for data scientist, analyst and clinicians with SPC knowledge and prior experience using R (e.g. from our Introduction to R workshop) who want to construct SPC charts with R:
- constructing SPC charts using R
- calculating control limits for common types of SPC charts
- adding visual clues for special cause variation
- creating multivariate charts using small multiples
- automating chart production
Introductory price: £150
Advanced SPC
Level 3: advanced
A full-day workshop for experienced SPC users and R programmers:
- SPC charts for rare events data
- prime charts for count data with very large denominators
- I’ prime charts for measurement and count data with varying subgroup sizes
- funnel plots for categorical subgroups
- rational subgrouping
- common pitfalls and controversies in SPC
Introductory price: £150
Introduction to R
Level 1: beginner
A full-day workshop for anyone interested in learning programming with R. This workshop covers the basics needed to get the most out of our SPC charts with R workshop:
- introduction to programming with R,
- basic data structures,
- descriptive statistics and data manipulation,
- plotting data.
Introductory price: £150
SPC charts with spreadsheet software
Level 1: beginner
A half-day workshop for clinicians and analysts who want to construct simple SPC charts using spreadsheet software (e.g. LibreOffice Calc or MS Excel):
- getting data into shape for plotting,
- plotting time series data,
- adding centre line and control limits to a time series plot,
- adding visual clues for special cause variation.
Introductory price: £100