Check your ICM readiness
See whether your commission, bonus, and variable pay processes are still manageable in spreadsheets — or whether it’s time for a more governed incentive compensation setup.
Most companies score below 45. See where you stand.

What ICM readiness means
Incentive compensation becomes harder to manage when commission plans, bonus rules, approvals, and payout calculations start living across multiple spreadsheets. For many teams, that is the point where visibility drops, disputes increase, and month-end processes become difficult to trust. If you are evaluating your current incentive compensation management setup, this checklist helps you benchmark how mature your process really is.
A low score usually means your team is still relying on manual logic, fragmented ownership, or unclear controls. That often shows up in delayed payouts, weak auditability, or inconsistent reporting. Teams reviewing sales commission structures, quota logic, or approval workflows can use this assessment as a fast first check before deciding whether they need dedicated incentive compensation software.
This assessment is especially useful if your pay programs combine commissions with bonuses, SPIFs, or more complex OTE models. It gives you a quick view of where your biggest operational risk sits, and what to improve next.
What this score means for your team
Finance
A lower score usually means more month-end friction, weaker controls, and higher audit risk around variable pay.
RevOps
A lower score often signals fragmented plan logic, slow plan changes, and limited visibility into payout mechanics.
Sales leadership
When ICM maturity is low, trust in the compensation process tends to drop, especially when reps cannot easily understand how payouts were calculated.
HR / Compensation
A low score can indicate inconsistent incentive governance, limited documentation, and weak alignment between pay design and operational execution.
What to do next
If your score is low or mid-range, the next step is usually not “buy software immediately.” It is understanding where manual processes are introducing risk first, and which parts of your compensation workflow should be standardized before scaling.
For most teams, the biggest gains come from replacing spreadsheet calculations, improving approval flow, and giving Finance, RevOps, and Sales a shared source of truth.