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Lead Qualification Workflow Blueprint

A workflow template for automating lead intake, enrichment, scoring, and sales handoff with clear governance checkpoints.

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Use case: Lead qualification and SDR handoff
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Workflow objective#

This blueprint helps revenue teams move from inconsistent lead triage to repeatable qualification and routing. It balances automation speed with review controls so your team can increase throughput without losing quality.

Preconditions#

  1. A defined ICP and qualification criteria.
  2. CRM fields for score, fit reason, urgency, and owner.
  3. Enrichment source (firmographic + intent data).
  4. Handoff SLA between marketing and sales.

Workflow steps#

  1. Capture incoming lead: ingest form submissions, event lists, and inbound demo requests into a normalized lead object.
  2. Enrich lead profile: append company size, role context, and engagement signals from trusted data sources.
  3. Run qualification logic: apply weighted scoring rules and confidence labels.
  4. Route by threshold: assign high-fit leads to SDR queue, medium-fit leads to nurture, low-fit leads to watchlist.
  5. Generate rep context pack: produce a one-screen summary for first outreach.
  6. Write CRM updates: push score, rationale, and next action into required fields.
  7. Escalate exceptions: route ambiguous cases to a sales manager review queue.

Copy-ready workflow template#

Trigger: New lead enters intake queue.

Step 1: Normalize fields (name, role, company, source, timestamp).
Step 2: Enrich using approved provider set.
Step 3: Score fit (0-100) and confidence (low/med/high).
Step 4: Decision branch:
  - score >= 75 and confidence >= med -> SDR_QUEUE
  - score 50-74 -> NURTURE_QUEUE
  - score < 50 -> WATCHLIST
Step 5: Create outreach context package.
Step 6: Sync CRM mandatory fields.
Step 7: Log decision trace and model version.

Governance and reliability guidance#

  • Keep qualification thresholds versioned and tied to win-rate analysis.
  • Log enrichment source confidence for auditing and model debugging.
  • Add fallback behavior when enrichment fails, rather than dropping leads.
  • Maintain a weekly calibration review between SDR managers and ops.

FAQ#

How quickly should we update scoring thresholds?#

Update monthly in early rollout, then quarterly once conversion patterns stabilize.

What if enrichment coverage is incomplete?#

Use partial scoring with confidence penalties and route low-confidence cases to manual review.

Can this workflow run fully automatically?#

Yes for routing and CRM sync, but keep periodic human calibration to prevent silent quality drift.

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