Completing performance reviews on a regular basis is essential for maintaining motivation, assessing department capabilities, and managing your staff effectively. Managers who do not complete performance reviews or deal with performance issues reduce employee morale, decrease credibility of management, diminish organizational effectiveness, and contribute to increased costs for resources.
Product Development Process Diagram – Use this presentation to communicate the 5 key stages of product development, define checkpoints for go/no-go decisions, and document required deliverables.
Although every department is expected to prepare an annual budget, most do not understand the intrinsic value of effectively leveraging this management process. Take a step back from the budget and evaluate what your department will be expected to deliver this year. Next, identify which budget model will provide the most value to your department. Use Demand Metric's downloadable Department Budget Template to help you prepare your annual budget.
Identifying the main stakeholders and their level of influence can be vital to the success of your project. Stakeholder analysis involves recognizing individuals and groups with the power to either sway or make a key decision.
Vendor consolidation is a business strategy whose goal is to provide the same or increased service & quality levels from vendors, while reducing operating expenses related to purchasing from that category of vendor. Sales & Marketing organizations should analyze their Printing, Software, and Consulting, vendor categories to determine where efficiencies can be gained by consolidating to one strategic partner.
Risk Assessment Tool – Use this tool to document risks, assess their impact and probability, and develop risk mitigation plans.
Sales Proposal Template – Use this template to create a standardized sales proposal.
Sales Opportunity Pipeline – Use this Sales Opportunity Pipeline tool to track opportunities, identify sales cycle stages, and predict future revenues.
Product Requirements Document - The purpose of this tool is to provide the product development team with the business requirements they need to build the right product for the market. This document includes: market requirements document, product development schedule, and product sanity-check (contract).
Project Priority & Status Report – Use this tool to document projects, time required to complete, status, priority, and other notes.
