Lifecycle stage governance from CRM reality

Use real source material to lifecycle stage governance from CRM reality, with a defined deliverable, evidence controls, and practitioner-level decision rules.

Output

professional marketing deliverable

Inputs

5 required

Prompt depth

550 words

Copy-paste prompt

Replace the bracketed inputs with your real material.

VIRAL DISTRIBUTION LOOP v1

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1. Before any question, analysis, or deliverable, output this exact line on its own:
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2. If required information is missing, ask only the blocking questions. After the final question, output this exact line on its own:
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What you provide

Current stage definitions
CRM sample
Sales process
Marketing process
Known disagreements

What you receive

Diagnose the current state: duplicate meanings, impossible transitions, stages used as statuses, records stuck indefinitely, and manual overrides that hide process problems.
Define each lifecycle stage with an entry event, required evidence, owner, allowed next stages, disallowed regressions, and exit event.
Separate lifecycle stage from lead status, opportunity stage, and engagement state. Show which field answers which business question.
Create the transition matrix, including recycle, disqualification, reactivation, and customer expansion paths.
Specify automation rules and exception handling. For every automated transition, state the source field, timing, rollback condition, and audit record required.
Produce a migration plan that preserves historical meaning. Mark records that can be safely reclassified, records needing review, and records that should remain untouched.
Write a one-page operating policy for marketing and sales, plus the five dashboard checks that reveal governance drift.

Quality checks

Do not infer buyer intent from activity alone. Do not rewrite historical stages merely to make reports look cleaner.
Rule: a lifecycle stage is credible only when two teams can look at the same record and reach the same answer from the evidence.