# Build a mutual action plan with a buyer to close on time

A shared, dated close plan with the buyer covering every step to go-live, written so the buyer will actually use it.

- Topic: Sales
- Framework: RTF
- Level: Standard
- Tags: Legal, Analyze, Plan, Fill-in Template
- Source: https://www.thinkwithprompt.com/prompts/build-a-mutual-action-plan-with-a-buyer-to-close-on-time

## Prompt

```text
Help me build a mutual action plan (close plan) to share with a buyer.

**Buyer and deal:** [company, what they're buying, deal size]
**The buyer's goal and target date:** [the business event driving timing, e.g. go-live before peak season]
**Stakeholders on their side:** [names or roles: champion, economic buyer, IT, security, legal, procurement]
**Stakeholders on our side:** [AE, SE, exec sponsor, legal, implementation]
**Steps already done:** [DETAILS]
**Their known processes:** [security review, vendor onboarding, legal review times, budget approval]

Build the plan backward from the buyer's go-live date, not our quarter-end:
1. List every step from now to go-live: evaluation, business case sign-off, security review, legal redlines, procurement, signature, kickoff, implementation milestones.
2. For each step: owner (named on both sides), due date, and status.
3. Add buffer for steps that usually slip (security and legal), and flag where the timeline is already tight.
4. Identify steps where we need information we don't have yet; mark them [CONFIRM WITH BUYER].

Return:
- The plan as a table: Step | Owner (buyer) | Owner (us) | Due | Status | Notes.
- A short email to the champion proposing we build and agree on this plan together.
- 3 questions to ask the champion to fill the gaps.
- Warning signs the deal is slipping, and what to do when each appears.

Write it in the buyer's language, focused on their outcome, not our sales stages.
```

## What to fill in

- company, what they're buying, deal size
- AE, SE, exec sponsor, legal, implementation
- DETAILS
- CONFIRM WITH BUYER

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