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Onboarding

Question Evidence
What promises have been made during the Marketing/Sales process?
What level of service did they purchase? What features/services are available to them?
Who was involved in the sale? Who will be interacting with our solution directly?
What are their current processes? How does our solution fit in?
What migration(s)/configuration need to happen for our solution to be ready for use?

Education

Question Evidence
What is their current understanding of our solution?
What types of educational content work best for them? (webinars, in-person training, self-guided training, documentation, case studies, etc)
Who should be involved in making training decisions?
Who needs to receive training??

Adoption

Question Evidence
What problems do they encounter as they get more familiar with our solution?
How well does our solution interact with their other tools/processes?
How are we measuring/tracking customer satisfaction?
What features are the most popular? The least?
What are the most common support requests?

Value Realization

Question Evidence
How is our solution making money for the customer? (saving time, saving money, increasing sales, reducing support costs, etc)
How satisfied are users with the experience? (e.g. ease of use)
How satisfied is the business with the amount of value created?
Where are the potential areas for expansion?

Expansion

Question Evidence
How can we leverage their enthusiasm for our solution?
What would make the most compelling case study?
Who are their peers and how do they influence each other?
What additional features/solutions might benefit them the most?