It Presales Management Masterclass: Complete Beginners Guide

Covers the entire gamut of Presales and Bid Management activities carried out in IT services and product based companies

What you'll learn
Learn the entire gamut of presales activities and processes carried out in Software companies
Presales role basics and mandatory skills requirements
Presales role differences in IT product and service based companies
Bid tracker and Proposal template walk-through
Introduction to Bid Management, Solution Consulting and product Demo
Benefits, Challenges, Roadmap and Path ahead for Presales Consultants
General Questions with Answers and Pro tips to be successful in Presales
Requirements
No professional experience or special skills required to take up this course. You will learn all the information related to IT Presales in this course and you can assess yourself whether you are a right fit for this role or not.
Description
Hello everyone, Welcome to the world of Presales!This course, “IT Presales Management Masterclass: Complete Beginners Guide” is a comprehensive course on the entire gamut of presales activities carried out in both product-based and service-based IT companies.Presales Masterclass course starts with Introduction to Presales which gives a quick overview on what is Presales, who is a presales consultant and what are his/her characteristics, why presales are important in the growing IT sector along with some of the general rules to be in Presales domain. We also discuss the required primary and secondary skills to be honed by the Presales consultants for a successful career in this domain. On completion of this section, you should be able to assess whether you are a correct fit for this role.Moving on, let's decode the presales role in detail. In general practice in the IT sector, we have both product-based and service-based companies. We will understand their business model, role, and exposure of presales consultants between these companies, the general presales process followed in service-based and product-based companies. As an outcome on completion, you should be able to decide which type of business model suits you better and be able to choose wisely and move ahead in your career.In the next section, we will discuss the Bid Management process in detail. We will understand the importance of Bid Management and some of the must-know standard documents followed in Bid Management practice. Also, we will have a walk-through on the Bid Tracker template which is used to track all the activities involved in Bid Management along with a standard proposal template walk-through. Here, we will go about all the important sections to be listed and highlighted in any business proposals to the customers. At the end of this section, you will have a fair idea of Bid management alongside a comprehensive handy template to get started in your Presales career.Moving on, let's understand the role of Solution consulting, which is mainly followed in IT product companies. Here, we will understand the importance of solution consulting, product demo, characteristics of solution consultants, must-know documents, and mistakes to avoid during a product demo with a prospect. We will also touch upon the differences between POC and Pilot processes which are very common business practices followed in any product company. On completion of this section, you will have a very clear idea of the expectations and process workflows of Presales consultants in any IT product company.Presales is all about wearing multiple hats. Although we have multiple primary activities to be executed, we also support multiple business teams such as Sales, Marketing, Market Research, and project team during the entire lifecycle. I will share some of the prime activities where we would be involved based on my Presales experience.Additionally, I will also share some of the good-to-know information to be in the Presales domain. We will discuss in detail the available benefits to be a Presales consultant alongside the existing challenges. We also touch upon the roadmaps like who can become a Presales consultant and what is the path ahead of Presales consultants if they wish to move to other practices in the later part of their career. In the end, I will share some basic tools that are used by Presales consultants along with some basic acronyms that are very common and popular in the Presales fraternity.That brings us to the end of our Presales Masterclass course which covers most of the must-know topics in Presales. On a whole, at the end of this course, you will have a very good idea about the Presales role and you should be in a position to decide whether this role suits your passion and interest. This role is designed for both freshers and experienced professionals if they wish to switch their careers in the mid-way.

Overview

Section 1: Introduction and Agenda

Lecture 1 Course Introduction

Lecture 2 Course Agenda

Section 2: Introduction to Presales

Lecture 3 What is Presales?

Lecture 4 Who is a Presales Consultant?

Lecture 5 Why Presales is Required in IT Industry?

Lecture 6 General Rules of Presales

Lecture 7 Primary Skills of Presales Consultants

Lecture 8 Secondary Skills of Presales Consultants

Section 3: Decoding Presales Role

Lecture 9 IT Product Based vs Service Based Companies

Lecture 10 Presales Role in Product vs Service Companies

Lecture 11 Presales Process in Services Based Companies

Lecture 12 Presales Process in Product Based Companies

Section 4: Bid Management

Lecture 13 Introduction to Bid Management

Lecture 14 Must Know Documents in Bid Management

Lecture 15 Bid Tracker Template Walk-through

Lecture 16 Standard Proposal Template

Lecture 17 Proposal Template Walk-through

Lecture 18 Checklist for Proposal Submission

Lecture 19 Job Responsibilities in IT Services Company

Section 5: Solution Consulting

Lecture 20 Introduction to Solution Consulting

Lecture 21 Must Know Documents in Solution Consulting

Lecture 22 Importance of Product Demo

Lecture 23 Common Demo Mistakes To Avoid

Lecture 24 Proof of Concept vs Project Pilot

Lecture 25 Checklist for Product Demo

Lecture 26 Job Responsibilities in IT Product Company

Section 6: Support Activities

Lecture 27 Sales Support Activities

Lecture 28 Marketing Support Activities

Lecture 29 Market Research Activities

Lecture 30 Project Handover to Implementation Team

Lecture 31 Post Sales Support Activities

Section 7: Good-to-know Info

Lecture 32 Presales Benefits

Lecture 33 Presales Challenges

Lecture 34 Roadmap to Get into Presales

Lecture 35 Path Ahead for Presales Consultants

Lecture 36 Basic Tools Requirements

Lecture 37 Must-know Acronyms for Presales Consultants

Section 8: Course Conclusion

Lecture 38 Tips to be Successful in Presales Role

Lecture 39 Common Questions About Presales

Lecture 40 Course Summary

Lecture 41 Thank you!

Presales Consultants, Bid Managers and Sales Engineers during their initial days in the career,Professionals in Sales, Marketing, Market research, Business Analysts, Project Managers and Technical or Support team members who are interested or evaluating to move into a Presales role.,Freshers who are interested to start their career into IT industry without any coding or technology background.