The playbook
Sales Proposals: Review Process
A useful sales proposals review ends with a supported decision for each item examined. Define the evidence required before opening the report: need, scope, deliverable, price, acceptance. These fields give reviewers a shared basis for agreeing what is working, what needs attention, and who should act.
Put the task in context
Separate deliverables, assumptions, customer responsibilities, exclusions, timing, and price. For a marketing engagement, distinguish the work you promise to perform from forecasted results affected by the market. Make the acceptance and scope-change process explicit.
Set the review boundary
Choose the records or journeys that matter to the current question. Include a normal case, a recently changed case, and an exception where available. This is a diagnostic sample, not a claim that every item has been checked. Record how the sample was selected and what would justify expanding it.
Use explicit review criteria
| Criterion | Review question |
|---|---|
| Connect proposed work to confirmed buyer needs | Is the supporting need current and traceable? |
| Define deliverables exclusions and acceptance criteria | Does scope support the decision being made? |
| Explain pricing timing and the next decision | Can the next owner verify acceptance? |
Inspect the evidence before assigning a result
For each item, compare the intended behavior with the observed behavior. Pay particular attention to promising outcomes the delivery team cannot control. If it appears, record where it occurs and which assumption it contradicts. Distinguish a verified defect from an unanswered question and from a preference about how the work should look.
Where the evidence supports the known correction, commit to defined work and disclose assumptions behind forecasts. Give that action to an accountable owner with a description of the expected result. If you cannot yet identify the cause, assign a diagnostic action rather than prescribing a speculative repair.
Record a decision that can be acted on
| Decision | When to use it |
|---|---|
| Keep | The current state serves the intended task and the evidence is adequate. |
| Revise | A specific gap is confirmed and the proposed action addresses it. |
| Investigate | Important information is missing or conflicting. |
| Retire or combine | The item has no distinct useful purpose in the current scope. |
Verify corrections and expand selectively
Recheck the affected customer or opportunity record after the owner completes the action. Then inspect other items sharing the relevant cause. A shared template, process rule, or data source may justify expanding the review. Similar wording or appearance alone is a weaker reason.
Turn the review into a decision summary
Summarize the affected scope, confirmed findings, actions, and open questions. Connect the findings to proposals reaching a clear decision using the same definition as the baseline. A good summary lets the responsible person decide what happens next without reading every working note.
Review a small sample of underlying records before trusting a summary. Duplicates, stale close dates, and missing outcomes can make a dashboard misleading even when the calculation is correct. Correct the record-level cause.
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