Create a shared understanding of the commercial system before proposing changes.
Questions answered
- How does the company currently generate and manage opportunities?
- Who owns each stage and handoff?
- Which data is trusted?
- Where does work happen outside the CRM?
- Which workflows create delays or errors?
- What does leadership need to see?
- Which systems and dependencies exist?
- What must improve first?
Activities
- Stakeholder interviews
- Revenue-process mapping
- CRM audit
- Data-quality review
- Technology-stack review
- Reporting review
- Adoption review
- Bottleneck analysis
Client involvement
- Identify stakeholders
- Provide system access
- Share current documentation
- Explain current process
- Validate findings
- Agree on success criteria
Deliverables
- Current-state system map
- Problem inventory
- Risk and dependency review
- Success criteria
- Initial priority areas
Decision gate
Confirm what must be solved and what should remain unchanged.
Definition of completion
The current system, priorities, constraints, and success criteria are understood and agreed.