Meaning of deal stages
This article explains the unique meaning of the deal stages.
The deal stages give an insight on sanity and expectations of deal in discussion. By having a clear and aligned understanding of the deal pipes and their meaning we ensure to:
- have a clear and unique meaning of every deal stage
- better predictability of what is in the pipeline
- supports forecasting
Direct Sales

Reseller – Existing

Reseller – New

Support – Reseller

Support – Direct Sales

Some of the deal stages have properties that can or have to be filled when moving from one stage to the other.