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How do teams run deals?

Updated Jul 2026·1 min

A weekly pipeline review, deliverables as the scope contract, and honest declines: three habits that keep a pipeline real.

The Deals board with opportunities in pipeline stage columns and their values.The Deals board with opportunities in pipeline stage columns and their values.

The weekly review

Walk the stages left to right; ask what each deal needs to move.
Update values while the conversation is fresh.
Check recent momentum: what was created, what stalled.

Deliverables as the contract

Write deliverables when the deal is Negotiating, not after Signed.
Check them off as you deliver; the deal page becomes the status page.
Scope creep shows up as a new deliverable, visibly.

Decline honestly

Mark dead deals Declined the week they die.
A note on why feeds your next pitch.
Win rate you can trust is worth more than a pretty one.