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                          Buyers, analyzing, 96                  Fees slot
                          Buying roles, 88–96                      pricing considerations for, 208–15
                            coach, 90–91, 91f                      writing, 207
                            economic, 88–89, 89f                 Flags
                            ratifier, 92–93, 93f                   green, 136
                            reason for identifying, 94             red, 136
                            technical, 90, 90f
                            user, 89–90, 89f                     Generic structure, of proposals, 87
                            worksheet for identifying, 96–101      relationship of baseline logic and
                                                                       proposed project, 44–46
                          Closing component, of background         slots in, 12–15
                              section, 148–51                      understanding logic of, 15
                            work session for writing, 162        Green flags, 136
                            writing, 13, 155–56f                 Green Team Review, 132
                          Coach buying role, 90–92, 91f            defined, 134
                          Collaboration, 131                       events after, 138
                          Competition, analyzing, 122–24,          members of, 134–35
                              123f                                 process of, 135–38
                          Complex sales, 5, 88                     strategic premise of, 133–34, 133f
                          Counters to competition, themes and,     value of, 139
                              112, 113f                          Green-thinking hat, 131–32
                            work session for identifying, 122–24
                          Current situations, 3                  Hot buttons, for themes, 108–10
                            kinds of, 20–21, 20f                   work session for identifying, 118–20


                          Deliverables, 31–33, 34                Implementation benefits, 34
                            implementation, 32                   Implementation deliverables, 32
                            insight, 32                          Implementation Projects, 21, 22f
                            planning, 32                           objectives for, 70
                          Desired results, 30, 34                Information slots (I-slots), 165, 165f
                                                                 Insight benefits, 33–34
                          Economic buying role, 88–89, 89f       Insight deliverables, 32
                          Engagement objective, 29f              Insight Projects, 21, 22f
                          Evaluation criteria, for themes, 110–12,   measurable-results orientation of, 58
                              111f                                 objectives for, 69–70
                            work session for identifying, 120–22  Internal proposals, 267–74
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