RevOps Roadmap

RevOps Roadmap

Every business starts out managing revenue in some way. Over time, your revenue operations can become more sophisticated. Below we outline the primary order of RevOps sophistication, what we call the Revops Roadmap. Your company may skip or do these improvements in any order, but below is the common order.

Predictable RevOps Levels

We break down the RevOps journey into three levels. A business will typically progress through the levels in order.

  • Foundation: Start minimum data tracking and processes to get an understanding of revenue.
  • Optimization: Deeper knowledge and optimizing the revenue engine.
  • predictability: Achieve organizational alignment and maximize revenue predictability.

Level 1: Foundation

Defined Qualification Criteria
Central Sales Records
Deal Ownership
Lead Source /Channel Tracking
Sales Team Training
UTM Tracking
Industry Information Capture
Company-Wide FACT Training
Positive Account Growth

Level 2: Optimization

Consolidated Lead Sources
Team Goals
Manager FACT Plans
Retention Plans
Deal Profit Field
Real-Time Deal Tracking
Account Segments Defined
Account Steps Defined
Contribution Analysis
Defined Channel Plans
Org Assignments

Level 3: Predictability

Sales Cost Attribution
Marketing Cost Attribution
Delivery Cost Attribution
Individual Performance Goals
Source Plans
Medium Plans
Campaign Plans
Upgrade Plans
Dimension Plans
Individual Channel Managers
Step Plans
Account Segment Plans
Individual Contributor FACT Plans

By Category

Breakdown of all the elements of Predictable RevOps by their organizational function and purpose. Predictable RevOps covers improvement in these areas:

FACT: Deals & Qualification

Every business starts with tracking their deals/sales/opportunities.

Get the underlying Opportunities/Potentials/Deals cleaned up and regularly updated. Define the Objective Qualification criteria.

At this stage, you can analyze the 4 factors: Flow, Average Sale Price, Conversion Rate, and Time to Close.

Defined Qualification Criteria
Central Sales Records
Real-Time Deal Tracking

Channel Management

Clean up and combine Lead Sources into a consistent set of channels. Channel consistency allows you to understand revenue impacts from changes in channel performance.

Lead Source /Channel Tracking
Consolidated Lead Sources
Defined Channel Plans
Individual Channel Managers

Sales Reps Management

Manage and coach Sales Rep performance based on their individual performance, and compared to the team.

Deal Ownership
Sales Team Training
Team Goals
Individual Performance Goals

Business Dimensions

Analyze the revenue based on business specific dimensions like industry, type of client or type of product sold.

Industry Information Capture
Contribution Analysis
Dimension Plans

Marketing Management

Analyze the business revenue based on the top of funnel marketing activities.

We link marketing with revenue via the deal table Source, Medium or Campaign fields.

UTM Tracking
Source Plans
Medium Plans
Campaign Plans

Account Journeys

Understand the customer account journey and lifetime value impacts on revenue.

Account Steps Defined
Step Plans

Account Segments

Understand how the Industry Dimensions relate to Accounts to create ‘account segments’. Understand how these account segments impact revenue.

Account Segments Defined
Account Segment Plans

Churn Management

Understand and manage the impact of account churn on revenue. Understand Upgrades and Downgrades in relationship to the Account Journey.

Positive Account Growth
Upgrade Plans
Retention Plans

Profit & Margin

Understand and manage how gross profit and margin is impacted by channels, dimensions and marketing.

Deal Profit Field
Sales Cost Attribution
Marketing Cost Attribution
Delivery Cost Attribution

Proactive FACT Improvement

Align all roles within the organization with their individual plans to improve their impacts on the FACTs.

Company-Wide FACT Training
FACT Organizational Chart
Org Assignments
Manager FACT Plans
Individual Contributor FACT Plans
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