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Frequently Asked Questions

Get answers to common questions about Perfcycle's features and capabilities.

General Questions

What is Perfcycle?

Perfcycle is an AI-powered platform for creating exceptional performance reviews, peer reviews, and project updates. Our tools help you craft polished, impactful reports tailored to your company's values, review process, and industry best practices.

How does Perfcycle help?

Performance self-assessments, peer reviews, and project updates are essential for professional growth but often time-consuming to create effectively. Perfcycle streamlines these processes, helping you develop high-quality documentation that showcases your achievements and supports your career advancement.

What subscription options are available?

Perfcycle offers both individual Pro subscriptions and Team subscriptions. All subscriptions include a 14-day free trial. Team subscriptions provide additional features like shared templates, review cycles, and analytics. A free plan is available, allowing you to create 3 project updates per month and 1 performance self-assessment.

Content Creation

How does content creation work?

Perfcycle transforms your input into polished, professional content. Start with rough notes, bullet points, or uploaded documents. Our AI analyzes your input, identifies key achievements and metrics, and generates a well-structured draft tailored to your specific documentation needs and audience.

How does the refinement process work?

After generating your initial draft, Perfcycle analyzes it for improvement opportunities and generates targeted clarifying questions. Your responses add important context and details. You can also provide direct feedback on the draft, and our system will refine it while preserving successful elements.

What are Smart Suggestions?

As you develop content, Perfcycle provides real-time suggestions to strengthen your narrative. These include prompts to add specific metrics, expand on key achievements, or provide additional context. Each suggestion includes a clear explanation of why the addition would enhance your document.

How do templates work?

Templates maintain consistency across similar documents. For project updates, you can create templates from successful updates or use team templates. For performance reviews, templates reflect your company's specific review format and requirements. Our system adapts output to match template structures while incorporating your content.

What makes a good project update?

Perfcycle helps create effective updates by: 1) Translating status into business impact, 2) Highlighting key metrics and achievements, 3) Identifying dependencies or risks, 4) Adapting tone and detail for your audience, and 5) Maintaining consistent structure through templates.

How are performance reviews structured?

Performance reviews are generated using a comprehensive framework that: 1) Aligns achievements with company values and competencies, 2) Demonstrates growth through specific examples, 3) Incorporates metrics and quantifiable results, 4) Addresses both strengths and development areas, and 5) Supports stated career goals.

What makes peer reviews effective?

Perfcycle creates balanced, constructive peer reviews by: 1) Providing specific examples of effective behaviors, 2) Connecting contributions to team/business impact, 3) Offering actionable growth suggestions, 4) Maintaining appropriate tone for the relationship, and 5) Aligning feedback with company values.

Can I upload supporting documents?

Yes. You can upload various document types (PDF, DOCX, PPTX) to provide additional context. Perfcycle securely processes these documents to extract relevant achievements, metrics, and context, then immediately deletes the files. This information helps create more comprehensive, specific content.

How does Perfcycle handle different content types?

Perfcycle adapts output based on content type and format. Slack updates use different formatting than formal documents, and recurring updates maintain consistent structure while highlighting changes. Our system considers audience, format, and purpose when generating content.

Career Highlights

What are Career Highlights?

Career Highlights are key achievements automatically extracted from your reviews and updates. These highlights are categorized by type (Technical Achievement, Business Impact, Leadership, etc.) and can be used to track your growth and prepare for future reviews or career opportunities.

Can I add my own Career Highlights?

Yes. You can manually add Career Highlights at any time, which is useful for documenting achievements that occurred outside your regular reviews and updates.

How are LinkedIn suggestions generated?

Perfcycle analyzes your most significant achievements and automatically generates LinkedIn-ready versions that are professional and impactful while maintaining appropriate privacy. These suggestions focus on quantifiable results and leadership moments.

Team Features

How do Team Templates work?

Team Templates create standardized formats for reviews and updates, ensuring consistency across the team and making it easier for everyone to provide information in the right format.

What analytics are available for teams?

Team analytics provide insights into content trends, common themes, and patterns across all team documentation. Managers can use natural language queries to explore team data and identify trends.

Can teams use Slack integration?

Yes. Teams can integrate Perfcycle with Slack to receive notifications about review cycles, pending approvals, and team updates. Team members can also create quick updates directly from Slack.

Content Management

How does content visibility work?

Teams can control content visibility at both individual and team levels. Content can be marked as private (visible only to the author), team-visible (available to all team members), or submitted for manager review before being shared.

What happens during manager review?

When content is submitted for review, managers receive a notification and can provide feedback or approval. The content creator can then make requested changes before the content is shared with the team.

Can I get suggestions while writing?

Yes. Perfcycle provides smart suggestions as you write, helping you identify opportunities to add metrics, specific examples, or important context that strengthens your content.

Privacy and Security

What happens to my uploaded documents?

Documents are securely processed to extract relevant details and then immediately deleted from our servers, ensuring your data remains private and secure.

What happens when I delete a review or project update?

When you delete a review or update, all associated data is permanently removed from our database. This action is irreversible.

What happens if I delete my account?

Deleting your account permanently purges all user records and associated data from our database, including all reviews, peer feedback, project updates, career highlights, and user information.

Is my information secure?

Yes. Perfcycle employs enterprise-grade encryption and security protocols to keep your data safe. Team data is strictly segregated, and content visibility is carefully controlled based on team settings.