ADGA gives every deal a visible operating path. Eight stages keep people, proof, documents, stage confidence, and the next move attached to the same record — whether the deal starts as a fresh lead or comes in from an existing pipeline.
01Signal
A new source appears: ad response, referral, inbound form, QR link, call, email, event, partner, import, or existing pipeline record. ADGA captures source, intent, contact, company, and context on arrival.
Required work
- Capture source attribution: form, QR campaign, import, manual, or referral
- Match or create contact and company on first touch
- Stamp received date, time, time zone, and inbound channel
- Preserve QR path and campaign code on the lead record
- Hand off to Capture without losing intent or owner routing
02Capture
The signal becomes a lead or imported opportunity. The record is deduped, enriched, owned, ranked for urgency, and given a first next action — before the work begins.
Required work
- Dedupe against existing leads, contacts, and accounts
- Assign owner by source, geography, or routing rule
- Set urgency: Immediate, Same Day, Scheduled, Normal, Low
- Trigger five-minute follow-up window on Immediate urgency
- Define first next action with due date and owner
03Qualify
The lead is checked for fit, budget, authority, need, timing, and strategic value. The owner runs the call, captures qualification notes, and records the reason if the lead is rejected.
Required work
- Confirm fit, budget, authority, need, and timing
- Capture qualification notes against the lead record
- Record disqualification reason and archive if rejected
- Promote qualified leads to a real deal record
- Carry contact, company, source, and notes into the deal
04Shape
The qualified opportunity becomes a defined deal path. Offer, terms, stakeholders, expected value, close date, blockers, required files, and meeting plan all attach to the record.
Required work
- Define offer, terms, and expected deal value
- Identify stakeholders, decision authority, and represented client
- Set close date and stage confidence
- List required files and due-diligence checklist
- Lay out the meeting plan and follow-up cadence
05Advance
The team moves the deal forward through follow-up, calls, meetings, documents, objections, and commitments. Stage confidence updates, the timeline grows, blockers stay visible.
Required work
- Run the follow-up cadence and log every touch on the timeline
- Capture meeting briefs, call notes, voice memos, and transcripts
- Track tasks, commitments, and blockers against the deal
- Update stage confidence as evidence comes in
- Surface idle-deal nudges and stale-deal detection
06Close
The deal reaches purchase, signature, payment, or accepted commitment. Final documents, invoice and payment status, decision record, signed terms, and the close summary land together.
Required work
- Track signature, purchase, and payment status
- Generate final documents and signed terms
- Issue invoice and route payment through connected provider
- Record the decision and close summary on the deal
- Hand off to delivery with owner and relationship context
07Deliver
The customer receives the promised product, service, access, or onboarding step. Milestones, delivery notes, support route, and the relationship owner move with the record.
Required work
- Open onboarding tasks and assign owners
- Track delivery milestones and success markers
- Attach delivery notes, contracts, and access provisioning
- Define the support route and primary point of contact
- Keep the represented-client portal scoped to the deal
08Expand
The customer is evaluated for repeat purchase, renewal, referral, upsell, cross-sell, or partner opportunity. Outcome review, satisfaction signal, and the next offer path attach to the same record.
Required work
- Review outcome and capture satisfaction signal
- Identify renewal, upsell, cross-sell, and referral paths
- Trigger expansion offers from prior deal history
- Open the next deal record without losing relationship context
- Feed expansion data back into the account and pipeline forecast