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Phases and Outputs

There are three main phases in building a scalable Customer Success program — Essentials, Efficiency, and Enterprise.
Each phase contains structured exercises with clear outputs and repeatable frameworks.
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  • Essentials
  • Efficiency
  • Enterprise
☝️ Start with Essentials to build a strong foundation for your program.

🧱 Building Bedrock

Learn the Product Deeply

Watch public demos, click through every feature, and read all customer-facing documentation.
Focus on identifying friction points and aha moments.

Document Internal Knowledge

Build an internal onboarding guide capturing product knowledge, tribal wisdom, and key links.
Turn your notes into repeatable onboarding content.

Engage the Product Team

Ask clarifying questions about features, architecture, and APIs.
Strengthen internal alignment and foster collaboration.

Summarize Learnings

Document discoveries, confusion points, and improvement ideas.
These become your foundation for both training and customer collateral.
Output: A complete internal onboarding guide (“Building Bedrock”) and foundational understanding of product value.

🎯 Standard Success Outcomes

Define Common Use Cases

Work with internal teams to identify your top 3–5 customer use cases and their key outcomes.

Validate with Customers

Discuss these success outcomes with your top customers — ask where they see ROI and what matters most.

Create Internal Alignment

Turn validated use cases into slides and documentation for sales, marketing, and onboarding.

Enable Teams

Ensure each team can articulate and reinforce these outcomes in their daily workflows.
Output: A validated set of Standard Success Outcomes and aligned internal messaging.