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“A path for closing the gap between the institution and the customer”
A tool for helping organizations in assessing the current status and identify
improvements in all major functions of sales and marketing
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Maturity Assessment Tool covers main functions in sales and
marketing within 6 categories
Marketing Data & Product
Methods Channels Sales
Organization Analytics Development
Channel Integration Product Development
Marketing Role Data Availability Segmentation Sales Model
Level Strategy
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The Maturity Assessment is done in 2 steps and delivered in
approximately 2 weeks
• Conduct assessment in selected • Review and validate improvements • Assign responsibilities per
areas, i.e.: • Prioritize improvements (e.g. by implementation topic
- Interview with Head of Marketing expected growth relevance and • Monitor implementation
- Interview with Head of Sales ease of implementation) • Review improvement potential
- Interview with Head of Product • Assign planned scores regularly
Development • Draft high level implementation • Apply and refine in day to day
- … plan operations
• List improvement ideas
Deliverables
High Level
List of improvements
Implementation Plan
Working Method
Prioritization Workshop
3-4 Interviews
(half a day)
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Within Step 1 each category is scored, using qualitative
measures of excellence Exa
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PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT MATURITY ASSESSMENT
Product development
Product development
Product Product development Product developments There is a clear product strategy is defined with
strategy is closely
Development decisions are done ad are defined with the development strategy in clear objectives, 1
aligned with the
Strategy hoc. yearly plan. place. initiatives, measures and
business strategy.
time frames.
Senior management
There is a list of current
Product There is no clear The responsibility for Senior management regularly monitors
projects available,
Development overview over the product development reviews product product portfolio
responsibility for its 4
Process product process management is implementation portfolio implementation and
implementation is
Management implementations. assigned. at least quarterly. effectively balances
defined.
resources available.
Product
Product Development Çurrent
Develop- 1 4
Strategy Strategy Planned
ment 5
4
Product Development
2 3 3
Process Definition
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1
Product Development
4 4 Skills & Capabilities 0 Process Definition
Process Management
Product Development
2 4
Skills & Capabilities
Process Management
Index 2,33 3
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Based on the assessment and development aspirations,
specific improvements are defined Exa
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Current Planned
Improvements
Score Score
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A path to excellence is a process and best in class organizations
have its unique mix of sales and marketing capabilities. What is
yours and do you feel you need to improve it?
Stage 1 Stage 2 Stage 3 Stage 4 Stage 5
BASIC STANDARD TOP
Target setting is Target setting is history and Balanced scorecard driven process with regular
target setting (e.g. in place per role; with
„history“ based. future based. internal and external benchmarking.
revenues, sales financial and non-
volumes). financial indicators.
Integration
Channels
Level
Only one key sales Sales channels not Integration is done on major areas, Fully integrated channel strategy defined with
channel in place. aligned. minor channel conflicts still occur. channel/segmentation prioritization.
The product
Development
make resource allocation conducted to validate customer Post-launch assessment is performed to assess
depends upon defined and adhered
decisions and monitor needs. forecasted versus actual results.
employees’ individual to.
success.
effort.
Segmentation
Campaign results are place, results are consistent and by the system and used to predict
being measured ad defined (i.e ROMI, email open
are used to make decisions. future results and benchmarking.
hoc. rate, unique online visitors per
month).
Marketing has a clear role and is
Organization
Capabilities
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Please, contact us for more information
tina@validea.eu
http://hr.linkedin.com/in/tinaturklupieri