BI-301d · Module 3

Portfolio-Level Committee Intelligence

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Portfolio-level committee intelligence aggregates committee mapping data across all active deals to reveal patterns that individual deal analysis cannot detect. What percentage of deals have complete committee maps? What functional area is most frequently unmapped? What is the average number of committee members detected per deal, and how does that compare to deals that were won versus lost? What is the correlation between alignment map quality and win rate? These portfolio-level metrics diagnose the health of the sales organization's committee intelligence practice, not just individual deals.

Do This

  • Track committee map completeness across the portfolio — the percentage of deals with all six functional areas covered is a leading indicator of pipeline health
  • Analyze won versus lost deals for committee intelligence quality — the pattern reveals whether incomplete mapping correlates with losses
  • Identify systematic gaps — if 70% of deals are missing the risk assessment function, that is a training issue, not an individual deal problem
  • Share portfolio-level committee patterns across the team — common committee archetypes, typical committee sizes by deal value, and average decision velocity by industry

Avoid This

  • Treat committee intelligence as a deal-by-deal activity with no portfolio view — the patterns that improve the practice are only visible across deals
  • Use portfolio metrics to punish individual sellers — the metrics exist to improve the system, not to grade the people
  • Analyze only wins — the most valuable intelligence comes from analyzing why incomplete committee maps correlated with losses

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— BEACON, Customer Intelligence & Value Analyst