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Feed in a partner's quarterly numbers — out comes a ready-to-present business review with wins, gaps, and targets.
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Get unlimited — book a demo →A QBR template only earns its place on a partner's calendar if it drives a decision, not just a status update — and most channel teams never get past a slide of login counts and deal-registration totals because building a real quarterly business review takes an afternoon per partner. That math means only your top three partners ever get one, while the next twenty stay invisible. Enter a partner's quarterly numbers below — deals closed, pipeline, target attainment — and get a ready-to-present QBR with wins, gaps, and next-quarter commitments in minutes.
The Agenda
Partner QBR Agenda: What to Cover
A partner QBR agenda has six parts, and the order matters — numbers first, commitments last, and the uncomfortable conversation deliberately scheduled in between. Here is the structure the generator builds every review around.
01Scorecard recap
Open with the number: partner-sourced revenue versus target, closed deals, and attainment percentage. One slide, no warm-up — everything else in the meeting hangs off whether the quarter was made or missed.
02Pipeline & deal registration review
Registered deals, win rate on registrations, and pipeline coverage for next quarter. Coverage under 3x is the earliest warning you get that next quarter is already in trouble.
03Enablement & certification status
How many of the partner’s reps are certified, and how fast new reps are getting there. A partner selling with two certified reps out of six is leaving deals on the table you both count on.
04MDF & co-marketing ROI
What market development funds were spent, what pipeline they generated, and cost per sourced dollar. Unspent MDF is a signal too — usually of a partner who doesn’t know how to claim it.
05Gaps & blockers
The honest section: lost-deal patterns, skill gaps, pricing friction, competitive pressure. If nothing uncomfortable comes up here, the QBR is a performance, not a review.
06Next-quarter commitments
Close with commitments on both sides — targets, certifications, campaigns, and dates. A QBR that ends without owners and deadlines was a status update wearing a suit.
Worked Example
A Worked Example
Here is what the generator produces for a fictional mid-size reseller — Meridian Office Systems, Q2 — from nothing more than their quarterly numbers. Three sections, real figures, ready to present: this is the difference between a business review and a slide of portal logins.
- 14 deals registered, 9 closed — a 64% registration win rate, up from 51% last quarter.
- $312k in partner-sourced revenue against a $280k target — 111% attainment.
- Average deal size grew from $28k to $34.7k after leading with the premium tier.
- Only 2 of 6 reps are certified — most pipeline is concentrated in two sellers.
- Pipeline coverage for Q3 sits at 2.1x, well below the 3x the target requires.
- $18k of allocated MDF went unspent — no co-marketing campaign ran this quarter.
- Certify 3 more reps by end of Q3 — enrollment booked in week one, not week twelve.
- Build pipeline to 3x coverage: 20 registered deals, anchored by two joint campaigns.
- Deploy the full MDF allocation on a vertical webinar series with named pipeline goals.
The Numbers
The Metrics That Belong in a Partner QBR
Six metrics earn a place on the QBR slide — each one either explains last quarter or protects the next one. If a number can't change a decision in the room, it's reporting, not reviewing.
- Partner-sourced revenue
- Closed revenue the partner originated, measured against their quarterly target. The headline number — everything else in the QBR explains why it landed where it did.
- Deal registration volume & win rate
- How many deals the partner registered and what share closed. Volume shows commitment; win rate shows capability. A partner registering plenty but closing little has a selling problem, not an effort problem.
- Pipeline coverage
- Open pipeline divided by next quarter’s target. Under 3x, the miss is already scheduled — this is the one forward-looking number in a meeting full of rearview mirrors.
- Certification velocity
- Not just how many reps are certified, but how fast new ones get there. A partner that certifies a rep in three weeks scales; one that takes two quarters doesn’t.
- MDF ROI
- Pipeline and revenue generated per market development dollar spent. Track unspent funds too — unclaimed MDF usually means the partner needs a playbook, not a bigger budget.
- Time-to-first-deal
- How long a newly onboarded rep takes to close their first deal. The single best predictor of whether your enablement works — and the number almost no PRM dashboard shows.
Frequently Asked Questions
What Channel Teams Ask
What should a partner QBR include?
Quarter performance versus target, pipeline health, win/loss patterns, capability gaps, and agreed next-quarter commitments — structured so the meeting drives action, not just reporting.
How is this different from PRM analytics?
PRM dashboards report activity — logins, deal registrations, training completions. This QBR is built around selling capability and revenue outcomes, which is what the meeting should be about.
Can I run QBRs for every partner, not just the top three?
Yes — because generation takes minutes instead of an afternoon, every partner gets a real business review, and smaller partners stop being invisible.
What is a partner QBR?
A partner QBR is a quarterly business review between a vendor and a channel partner — a structured meeting that recaps last quarter’s performance and commits both sides to next quarter’s plan. Done right, it covers revenue against target, pipeline health, enablement gaps, and mutual commitments — a working session that ends in decisions, not a slideshow.
How often should you run partner QBRs?
Quarterly, for every partner carrying a revenue target — the cadence matches most planning cycles and keeps commitments short enough to be real. Add a lighter monthly check-in for strategic partners so the QBR reviews progress instead of discovering surprises, and give long-tail partners at least a 30-minute generated review so they stop being invisible.
What metrics belong in a partner QBR?
Partner-sourced revenue versus target, deal registration volume and win rate, pipeline coverage for next quarter, certification progress, MDF ROI, and time-to-first-deal for new reps. Skip vanity metrics like portal logins and content downloads — if a number can’t drive a decision in the meeting, it doesn’t belong on the slide.
Who should attend a partner QBR?
At minimum, your channel account manager and the partner’s sales leader — the two people who own the number. Add your sales engineer when technical gaps are on the agenda, the partner’s top rep for deal-level color, and an executive sponsor from each side once or twice a year to keep the relationship funded.