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Deal is stuck — where is the issue? No response to outreach — what next? Weak pipeline — diagnose the cause Is your Champion actually a Champion? Is this deal really Commit? Discovery didn't produce a next step — why? Renewal feels soft — what's the risk signal?
Deal is stuck — where is the issue? A diagnostic tree for late-stage deals that have stopped moving. Click each branch to drill in.
CollapseDeal is stuck. What does the buyer's behavior tell you?
You have not met the Economic Buyer yet
The single most common cause. Without EB meeting + acknowledged pain at their level, the deal has no real owner.
Open related topic There is no Compelling Event tied to a real date
Without a deadline the buyer cares about, deals slip indefinitely. Surface or co-create urgency anchored to a fiscal, regulatory, or strategic timeline.
Open related topic An unmapped workstream has emerged (security, legal, procurement)
Late-stage silence almost always means a workstream you didn't see coming. Get a live call with the workstream owner — your Champion in the room.
Open related topic The business case is weak or not co-owned
If the buyer cannot defend the numbers internally without you, the deal will lose to No Decision the moment a competing priority appears.
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