We run a professional services firm and we are struggling to find weekly scorecard metrics that capture our service delivery quality before we get the end-of-month client satisfaction surveys. What leading indicators should we track on our weekly scorecard?

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Tyler Smith · Accepted Answer

In a professional services firm, waiting for monthly or quarterly client satisfaction surveys is a recipe for disaster. By the time the survey results hit your desk, the client has already checked out and is looking for an exit. You need weekly leading indicators that show you the health of delivery in real time.

To capture quality before it becomes a lagging problem, track the following metrics on your weekly scorecard:

- Project milestone variance: The number of project milestones missed by more than forty-eight hours.

- Client response time: The average number of hours it takes your delivery team to reply to client emails or portal messages.

- Red-flag projects: The number of active projects flagged as high risk by your project managers based on scope creep or client friction.

- Unresolved issues: The number of client issues or complaints that have remained open in your ticketing system for more than twenty-four hours.

By tracking these four metrics, your Integrator can spot delivery bottlenecks long before they affect your monthly client satisfaction scores. This gives your team the opportunity to step in and fix the relationship during your weekly Level 10 Meeting™ before the client decides to fire you. The goal is to measure the activities that generate satisfaction, not just the satisfaction itself.