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C3 · DEL.6 → FIN.2 · Example design

See why accepted work is still unpaid

Delivery acceptance, an invoice and a payment answer different questions. Match all three in a fictional engagement to expose an unsupported charge and show exactly what remains outstanding.

FROM THE FIRST RECORD TO THE NEXT REVIEWAccepted milestone → collected cash

For finance owner and managing partner. Example design, with the source, receiving owner and human review shown at each step. Your Blueprint’s three opportunities are selected after measurement.

01 / HANDOFF DESIGN

What goes in. What comes out. Who decides.

Select a stage to inspect the records it needs, the work it prepares and the person who accepts or returns it. Follow a role link to try its own fictional example.

C3 · DEL.6 → FIN.2EXAMPLE DESIGN · HUMAN REVIEW AT EACH STEP

Choose a step to see the input, prepared output and person who decides. The complete sequence remains available below.

Accepted milestone → collected cashFive steps show what moves to the next owner. A returned decision goes from step 3 to step 2. Inputs, outputs and reviewers are written below.Acceptance receiptMatched invoice packetInvoice ID and receivableCollection or dispute receiptAmount mismatch / invoice hold01 · DEL.6Accepted workEngagement lead02 · FIN.2Invoice basisFinance owner03 · FIN.2Invoice decisionFinance owner04 · FIN.2 / REL.2Collect / resolveFinance + account par…05 · FIN.2Cash recordFinance owner
Selected handoff / 01

Accepted work

Engagement lead owns this step.

What goes in
Issued deliverable and contract condition
What comes out
Acceptance or exception record
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Case coordinator
Allowed sources and actions
Current signed milestone boundary
Who decides
Client / lead confirms acceptance
Other stop and return routes
  • A client dispute at collection returns to the account partner (REL.2), engagement lead (DEL.6) and finance owner to reconcile acceptance, scope and signed payment terms before any action.
  • A partial payment remains an open receivable until finance records the remaining balance or an authorised resolution; invoice issue alone is not cash.
Read the full handoff and exception sequence
  1. Accepted work (DEL.6) — Engagement lead receives issued deliverable and contract condition and produces acceptance or exception record. The handoff is acceptance receipt. Client / lead confirms acceptance.
  2. Invoice basis (FIN.2) — Finance owner receives acceptance, terms and time/fee and produces reconciled invoice evidence. The handoff is matched invoice packet. Finance resolves mismatch.
  3. Invoice decision (FIN.2) — Finance owner receives matched packet and produces approved invoice or hold. The handoff is invoice id and receivable. Finance approves issue.
  4. Collect / resolve (FIN.2 / REL.2) — Finance + account partner receives receivable and client response and produces cash, dispute or write-off route. The handoff is collection or dispute receipt. Finance approves collection action.
  5. Cash record (FIN.2) — Finance owner receives bank/ledger event or approved resolution and produces collected contribution or explicit open balance. This is the recorded outcome. Finance signs reconciliation.

Return path: Amount mismatch / invoice hold sends work from Invoice decision to Invoice basis.

A client dispute at collection returns to the account partner (REL.2), engagement lead (DEL.6) and finance owner to reconcile acceptance, scope and signed payment terms before any action.

A partial payment remains an open receivable until finance records the remaining balance or an authorised resolution; invoice issue alone is not cash.

02 / WHY ASSESS IT

What would make this worth changing?

Fewer missing invoice prerequisites and avoidable delays may improve collected contribution; an invoice is not cash.

MEASUREMENT BASIS

Records to inspect

Signed payment term, authorised milestone, acceptance evidence, invoice and bank/ledger receipt.

STOP / RETURN

Where it can fail

Missing acceptance, amount mismatch, duplicate attempt or dispute blocks issue and returns to delivery, relationship or finance.

DESIGN ACCEPTANCE

Cases to test

Test accepted/unaccepted milestones, changed terms, duplicate retry, dispute and partial payment; reconcile IDs and cash.

03 / SPECIALIST ROLES

Give each supporting role a clear job.

These candidate roles prepare specific parts of the work. Inspect the output and the reviewer before deciding whether a person, existing software, a rule or AI role is appropriate.

COORD

Case coordinator

Show who needs to act, what is overdue and which earlier decision is holding up the case.

Human review: The operations or account owner approves commitments and resolves missing cover. This example sends no reminders or reassignments.

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COMMERCIAL

Commercial analyst

Check scope and cost for sales, or reconcile milestone, invoice and payment for finance.

Human review: The partner and finance owner approve fees, terms, invoices and collection decisions. Sales and finance keep separate source access.

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CHECK

Quality checker

Compare the proposed output with the original evidence and explain each discrepancy.

Human review: The named reviewer decides whether to correct or issue the work. A clean check is not professional sign-off.

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Find out whether this could improve your firm’s capacity

Start with a no-fee Firm Capacity Fit Call about a constraint on client work. If the paid Blueprint is the right next step, it measures one important revenue path, fully designs three connected improvements and ranks the first installation. A simpler process or no installation may be the right answer. Installation is separately scoped; pricing is quote-specific.

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