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Creating an Assessment Template


The purpose of the assessment is to determine a single total score or a percentage that can be used to rank a contact.

The total score for the assessment is determined by summing weighted scores for each assessment attribute:

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where n is the number of assessment attributes in the template.

The score is also calculated as a percentage of the maximum score possible:

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where Max_Scorei is the largest score for any value in the Attribute Values list for the ith attribute. For example, in Step 4, the largest score in the Attributes Values list is 10.

To create an assessment template

  1. From the application-level menu, choose View > Site Map > Application Administration > Sales Assessment Templates.
  2. In the Assessment Templates list, add a record, and complete the necessary fields.
  3. Some of the fields in an Assessment Templates record are described in the following table.

    :

    Field
    Comments
    Assessment
    The name of the template.
    Sales Method, Sales Stages
    Typically, these fields are not used in an assessment template.
    Type
    Must be Contact for Contact Assessments.

  4. In the Assessment Attributes list, add a record for each attribute you want to assess.
  5. Some of the fields in an Assessment Attribute record are described in the following table.

    :

    Field
    Comments
    Name
    Name of the attribute.
    Order
    Indicates the attribute's position in the Assessment Attributes list.
    Weight
    Relative importance of the attribute.

  6. For each assessment attribute, create a record for each possible value of the attribute. These values will appear in the Pick Attribute Value dialog box when the end user applies the template. See To assess an investigator or other contact.
  7. Some fields in the Attribute Value record are described in the following table.

    Field
    Comments
    Description
    Additional information about the value to help the assessor.
    Order
    Indicates the value's position in the Attribute Values list.
    Score
    The number of points that the value represents.
    Value
    The name of the value, for example Excellent, Good, or Average.


 Siebel Life Sciences Guide 
 Published: 18 April 2003