Late-Stage Deal Close Plan

Create a practical, evidence-based close plan for the late-stage opportunity using only the information provided below.

Deal status and timeline:
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Identified stakeholders and roles:
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Known objections, risks, and blockers:
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Prospect's decision criteria or evaluation checklist:
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Committed next steps and follow-up agreements:
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Use this exact output structure:

## 1. Close Assessment
State the current stage, decision readiness, timeline pressure, and the most important gap to resolve. Base every point on the provided information. Identify unknowns rather than filling them in.

## 2. Decision Criteria
For each criterion, include: criterion, evidence of status, remaining gap, and action required. Clearly label criteria with insufficient evidence.

## 3. Stakeholders
For each stakeholder, include: name or role, influence in the decision, current position if known, concern or need, and engagement action. Do not infer personal motivations without evidence.

## 4. Dependencies
List internal or prospect-side dependencies that could delay or prevent a decision. For each, include the dependency, responsible party if known, required outcome, and target date if provided.

## 5. Risks and Blockers
For each risk or blocker, include: issue, evidence, likely impact on the deal, mitigation, owner, and deadline where available. Separate confirmed issues from unresolved possibilities.

## 6. Commitments
List every existing commitment, including the agreed action, owner, due date, completion status, and evidence or missing confirmation.

## 7. Action Plan
List the specific actions required to reach a decision, prioritized as Critical, High, or Medium. For each action, include the owner, deadline, intended outcome, and dependency. Use only owners and dates supplied in the inputs; otherwise write "Not specified".

## 8. Recommended Close Path
Give a concise sequence of the next three to five actions, ordered by dependency and urgency. Include the decision milestone that each action supports.

Keep the tone professional, direct, and free of hype. Do not provide generic sales advice. Do not fabricate facts, dates, owners, statistics, testimonials, external research, or stakeholder opinions. Do not assume access to tools or information outside the provided inputs. Make the plan usable after one light edit.