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Course Outline

Module Supporting Learning Objectives
After completing the module, participants will be able to:
Learning Units
Module 1:
Understanding CRM
  • Define CRM as a strategy.
  • Explain the reasons why companies are embracing CRM.
  • Establish the interdependencies between value creation, customer satisfaction, customer loyalty, and long-term growth.
  • Identify the characteristics and values of a customer-centric organization.
  • Describe the success factors of best practice companies when planning and implementing CRM.
  1. What is CRM?
  2. Customer Loyalty
  3. The Value-Profit Chain
  4. Principles and Best Practices of Successful CRM Initiatives
Module 2:
Identifying the Impact of CRM
  • Explain the impact that CRM has on a company’s processes and culture.
  • Describe the professional skills required of employees.
  • Describe the skills required of change agents in CRM implementation.
  1. Impact of CRM on Processes
  2. Impact of CRM on Culture and Capabilities
  3. Change Management
Module 3:
Preparing your CRM Strategy
  • Apply a process for preparing a CRM strategic plan and a compelling CRM business case.
  • Apply assessment tools and techniques to evaluate your company's current and future CRM states and CRM readiness.
  • Identify the strategies and initiatives that will create the greatest value for your and your customers.
  1. Current CRM State
  2. Desired CRM State
  3. Readiness Assessment & GAP Analysis
  4. CRM Business Case
Module 4:
Researching, Segmenting, and Focusing on Customers
  • Define customer intelligence and its components and how they are used in CRM.
  • Apply conventional and the 3-D Customer Focus segmentation approaches.
  • Explain the tools and techniques that can be used to continuously learn about customers.
  • Conduct a customer intelligence inventory and identify the gaps between what is available and required to achieve your CRM goals.
  1. Customer Intelligence
  2. Principles of Segmentation
  3. 3-D Customer Focus Approach
  4. Customer Information Requirements
Module 5:
Branding Customer Experiences
  • Define Customer Experience Management, its components & its role in CRM.
  • Explain the financial impact of customer experiences on an organization.
  • Define the purpose and components of the Gaps Model of Experience Quality, identify the key factors contributing to each gap, and highlight strategies for closing each gap.
  • Assess the key opportunities for improving customer experiences in your company, prioritize your CEM efforts, and determine appropriate next steps.
  • Use process, experience and touch point mapping tools and methodologies to build a GREAT customer experience.
  1. CEM Defined
  2. GAPS Model of Experience Quality
  3. Enhancing Customer Experiences
  4. Experience Analysis Techniques
Module 6:
Integrating CRM Requirements with Technology
  • Define the key components of CRM technology, the various types of software applications and the key players in this market.
  • Explain the use of redesigned business processes as the foundation for CRM technology requirements.
  • Apply a requirements-based approach for identifying what you want to change, why you want to change, and how you are going to change the way you do business.
  • Understand the criteria used to evaluate CRM software solutions and vendors.
  1. Basics of CRM Technology
  2. The CRM Ecosystem
  3. Defining Technology Requirements
  4. CRM Technology Evaluation
Module 7:
Measuring CRM Business Performance
  • Identify the best metrics to track CRM business performance.
  • Develop a change management plan and campaign.
  • Organize resources for an effective and efficient CRM implementation.
  1. Measuring CRM Performance
  2. Internal & External Marketing Campaigns
  3. The Implementation Process

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