CRM data audit and baseline review
What it covers: A structured review of current CRM quality across objects, fields, duplicates, lists, lifecycle stages, ownership, imports, automations, and reporting dependencies. Activities include data profiling, issue categorization, exception sampling, and risk prioritization. Inputs include CRM exports, platform access, business definitions, reporting examples, and known pain points. Deliverables include an audit summary, cleanup backlog, field issues, and recommended work sequence. Technology involvement may include CRM exports, native duplicate tools, spreadsheets, BI tools, and validation utilities. Value comes from knowing what to clean first. Dependencies include client-approved definitions. Exclusions may include licensed legal, tax, healthcare, or compliance advice.
Inputs: CRM exports, access roles, field dictionary, reports.
Outputs: Baseline report, issue log, risk sequence.
Contact, company, deal, and ticket cleanup
What it covers: Review and cleanup of records used by sales, marketing, customer support, ecommerce, and operations teams. Activities may include duplicate identification, merge preparation, inactive record categorization, invalid value correction, missing-field review, and archive recommendations. Inputs include matching rules, required fields, owner logic, customer status rules, and approval thresholds. Deliverables include cleaned batches, exception lists, duplicate reports, and QA samples. Technology involvement depends on the CRM platform, export functions, and whether sandbox testing is available. Business value is improved usability. Dependencies include backups and approval rights. Exclusions include unapproved deletion or enrichment claims that cannot be verified.
Inputs: Match rules, owner rules, approval owners.
Outputs: Cleaned records, merge logs, exception lists.
Field standardization and CRM governance
What it covers: Standardization of field values and rules so reports, lists, automations, and handoffs use consistent definitions. Activities include field mapping, picklist normalization, required-field checks, naming conventions, lifecycle stage review, tag hygiene, source attribution review, and import templates. Inputs include current fields, desired definitions, reporting needs, sales process stages, campaign taxonomy, and user roles. Deliverables include a field map, approved values, governance notes, and user guidance. Technology involvement may include CRM settings, validation rules, automation review, and import tools. Value comes from making cleanup sustainable. Dependencies include client process clarity. Exclusions include CRM redesign unless scoped separately.
Inputs: Field definitions, report goals, process stages.
Outputs: Field map, value dictionary, governance notes.
Migration and integration readiness
What it covers: CRM cleanup before migration, system integration, automation buildout, or dashboard redesign. Activities include export review, mapping support, duplicate assessment, invalid record handling, import test support, source-system comparison, and data-risk documentation. Inputs include source CRM exports, target CRM field structure, integration requirements, historical import issues, and data-retention rules. Deliverables include mapping workbooks, import-ready files, risk logs, and validation summaries. Technology involvement may include Salesforce, HubSpot, Zoho, Microsoft Dynamics 365, Pipedrive, data tools, and ETL support. Value comes from lowering avoidable implementation friction. Dependencies include technical ownership from the client or implementation partner. Exclusions include full CRM implementation unless separately scoped.
Inputs: Source exports, target fields, integration rules.
Outputs: Mapping workbook, import files, validation notes.
Reporting, QA, and maintenance support
What it covers: Ongoing checks that help teams see whether CRM data quality is improving or declining. Activities include KPI definition, sample audits, exception tracking, report validation, list hygiene review, import checks, and recurring data-quality summaries. Inputs include baseline metrics, report requirements, review cadence, CRM permissions, and stakeholder feedback. Deliverables include KPI dashboards, QA reports, monthly hygiene summaries, and maintenance recommendations. Technology involvement can include CRM reports, spreadsheets, data visualization tools, and workflow management platforms. Value comes from visibility and accountability. Dependencies include regular data access and process ownership. Exclusions include guaranteed commercial results, which depend on many external factors.
Inputs: KPI definitions, review cadence, stakeholder notes.
Outputs: QA report, hygiene dashboard, maintenance plan.