This is a specialized skill for business development and partnerships teams. See Skills for how skills work more broadly.
What it does
- Scores every candidate the same way. Each potential partner is evaluated consistently against your chosen criteria — for example, strategic fit, reach, risk, or momentum.
- Adapts to your priorities. The criteria and how heavily each one counts are customizable, because every organization weighs these things differently.
- Explains the ranking. You don’t just get a number — you get the reasoning behind it, so you can see why one candidate ranked above another.
- Focuses your outreach. The result is a shortlist you can act on immediately, rather than a spreadsheet you still need to interpret.
What you get
A ranked shortlist
Candidates ordered by fit, with the strongest opportunities surfaced first.
Explainable scores
Clear reasoning behind every ranking — not a black-box number.
Who it’s for
Partnership Scoring is built for business development and partnerships teams that regularly evaluate many potential collaborators — agencies, technology vendors, distribution partners, or co-marketing opportunities — and need to prioritize where to spend limited outreach time. For example, a partnerships lead evaluating twenty potential regional distributors might hand the list to their coworker along with the criteria that matter most (market reach, existing relationships, financial stability) and get back a ranked shortlist with clear reasoning, ready to guide the first round of outreach.Premium skill. Available on request — talk to your Serviceplan Agents contact to enable it for your workspace.