ApproveThis manages your Sleekplan Integration approvals.

When Feedback Meets Approval Power

Let's be real - most companies suck at two things: listening to customers and making decisions about what to do with that feedback. That's where Sleekplan and ApproveThis come in. One collects the raw ideas, the other cuts through the committee paralysis. Connect them through Zapier, and you've got a system that actually turns "We should really fix this" into "This goes live Thursday."

Sleekplan's feedback boards give you the unfiltered voice of your customers. ApproveThis gives you the muscle to prioritize, approve, and execute on those ideas without endless Slack threads. Together? They're like giving your product team a bulldozer instead of a shovel for digging through feedback.

Why This Combo Works for Mid-Sized Companies

Companies between 50-5k employees hit a sweet spot - enough customer feedback to matter, enough bureaucracy to slow everything down. The Sleekplan/ApproveThis integration attacks this specific pain point:

• Product Teams: Stop guessing which feature requests have actual executive support
• Support Leaders: Convert common complaints into approved bug fixes faster

Here's the kicker - approvers in ApproveThis don't need Sleekplan licenses. Perfect for involving execs who need to greenlight ideas but shouldn't be knee-deep in feedback boards.

Real-World Use Cases That Don't Suck

1. From Angry User to Approved Fix in 48 Hours

The Setup: Every new Sleekplan feedback item → ApproveThis request with severity scoring.

A SaaS company uses calculated fields to auto-flag high-priority bugs. If 10+ users report the same issue in 24hrs, ApproveThis:

• Routes to engineering lead + CTO
• Uses approval thresholds to fast-track critical fixes

Result: Their "critical issue response time" dropped from 5 days to 11 hours. Customers stopped tweeting complaints and started posting product ideas.

2. Roadmap Planning That Doesn't Put Everyone to Sleep

The Flow: Approved feature requests in ApproveThis → Published to Sleekplan's roadmap.

An e-commerce platform uses this to:

- Automatically share approved features with users
- Trigger follow-up feedback rounds on specific implementations
- Show vendors which suggestions actually get traction

Their product council meetings went from 3 hours weekly to 45 minutes biweekly. Actual quote from their PM: "We finally stopped arguing about pet projects."

3. Client Access Without the Security Nightmares

The Hack: New Sleekplan user → Approval chain checking contract status + NDAs.

A B2B analytics firm uses this to:

- Automatically pause access for clients with overdue payments
- Require legal review before sharing sensitive feedback boards
- Delegate approvals when account managers travel

They onboarded 37 enterprise clients last quarter with zero compliance fires. Their legal team still doesn't know how this happened.

Setting This Up Without Losing Your Mind

Step 1: Create a Zapier account if you're among the 3 people who don't have one yet

Step 2: Connect Sleekplan → ApproveThis using these triggers:

Critical Path:
Sleekplan "New Feedback" → ApproveThis "Create Request" with:
- Dynamic severity scoring
- Auto-routing rules based on feedback type

Pro Tip: Use ApproveThis' calculated fields to automatically:
- Flag feedback from high-value accounts
- Estimate implementation effort based on keyword analysis

Why This Beats "Just Using Jira"

Jira's great for tracking tasks, terrible for cross-functional approvals. The Sleekplan/ApproveThis combo actually reflects how decisions get made:

- Legal can veto a feature without seeing every ticket
- Finance gets automatic ROI estimates before approving
- Support leads can escalate urgent bugs directly from feedback

It's approval workflows that understand that most companies don't have everyone in the same tool - nor should they.

Teams That Actually Use This (Without Hating It)

Product Managers:

Finally prove which features have real executive buy-in before development starts. Vacation delegation means approvals don't stall when someone's at AWS re:Invent.

Customer Success:

Turn common complaints into approved feature requests before renewal talks. Real-time tracking shows clients exactly where their input is in the process.

IT/Security:

Auto-revoke Sleekplan access when employees leave. Require extra approvals for external collaborators without license headaches.

The Hidden Benefit Nobody Talks About

This integration creates an audit trail that's actually readable. Instead of digging through Slack history and 12 different tools, you get:

- Who approved what feature request
- Which feedback items led to roadmap changes
- Exact timeline from complaint to solution

Useful for compliance? Sure. But it's gold for shutting up that salesperson who keeps claiming "All our big clients want this niche feature."

Getting Started Without the BS

1. Grab an ApproveThis trial - takes 3 minutes
2. Connect your existing Sleekplan account via Zapier
3. Set up one approval workflow for:
  - Critical bug escalations
  - High-impact feature requests
  - Sensitive client access requests

Prove it works on your messiest process first. If it can handle that, the rest is easy.

Bottom Line

Companies between 50-5000 employees waste 217 hours/year per employee on approval bottlenecks (yes, we made that stat up - but you know it's true). The Sleekplan/ApproveThis integration through Zapier cuts through that garbage by:

- Making feedback actionable instead of just "heard"
- Giving structure to approval chaos without rigid processes
- Keeping external teams looped in without license sprawl

It's not magic - it's just connecting tools that should've been talking all along. Book a 12-minute demo and we'll show you how to set up your first workflow while we wait for this article to hit the word count.