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Find out whether the handoff is ready to transfer.

A handoff is complete when the receiving owner can accept the customer promise, see what is missing, and act without making the customer start over.

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Before close

Delivery reality is visible before the promise becomes binding.

The proposed scope matches a deliverable the implementation team can support.
Nonstandard promises, dependencies, and requested dates are reviewed by an authorized owner.
Required security, legal, technical, and data conditions are visible.
Capacity risk is surfaced before the customer receives a firm start date.

Customer promise record

The commercial promise is complete enough for the next owner to use.

Business goals, success measures, and priority use cases are stated in customer language.
Commercial scope, exclusions, and special commitments are recorded.
Customer stakeholders, decision roles, and required contributors are named.
Open risks, assumptions, and unresolved questions are explicit.

Receiving acceptance

Implementation has authority to accept, condition, or reject the transfer.

A named implementation owner reviews the record before kickoff.
The receiving owner can accept, accept with conditions, or reject the handoff.
Missing information has an owner and due date.
Exceptions have a defined decision path and response time.

Kickoff readiness

The customer and delivery team can begin without reconstruction.

Customer expectations match the approved delivery plan and sequence.
Required access, data, systems, and customer actions are scheduled.
The customer knows the accountable owner and next action.
Internal teams agree how changes in scope, timing, or risk will be handled.

Learning loop

Handoff defects improve the next commercial and delivery cycle.

Implementation can flag promise defects without losing the original evidence.
Repeated defects are reviewed with sales and enablement owners.
Time-to-acceptance and exception rates are visible.
One owner is accountable for maintaining the handoff system.