I often receive enquires about good sales qualification methodologies and time and time again I mention MEDDICC / MEDDPICC.

MEDDPICC, as I like to refer to, can be used in an organisation with 30+ sales executives and sales leaders within a multinational technology business or in a much smaller business with less than a handful of salespeople selling B2B. MEDDICC is the foundation to build upon.

That widespread brief in itself tells you something about MEDDPICC’s strengths.

In 2026, qualification is still one of the biggest gaps in enterprise sales.

• We talk pipeline
• We talk forecast
• We talk revenue.

But we don’t always talk about how well deals are actually qualified.

A sales qualification methodology like MEDDICC isn’t about admin.

It’s about discipline.

It forces clarity around:

• Metrics - What measurable impact are we driving?
• Economic Buyer - Who really owns the budget?
• Decision Criteria - What must be true for them to say yes?
• Decision Process - How does this actually get approved?
• Identify Pain - Is the problem compelling enough to move now?
• Champion - Who is selling internally when we’re not in the room?

And then there’s the extra P.

Paper Process.

This is the step too many sellers skip.

• The deal is “verbally agreed.”
• The champion is “excited.”
• Procurement is “just a formality.”

Until it isn’t.

The P exists because enterprise deals don’t close on intent.

They close on paperwork, legal review, procurement cycles, compliance checks, and signatures.

Ignoring the Paper Process is why:

• Deals slip at the 11th hour
• Forecasts get missed
• Q4 turns into Q1.

The best sales teams I’ve led and coached treat Paper Process as a strategy, not an afterthought.

They ask early:

• What contract template will be used?
• Who reviews legal?
• How long does procurement take?
• Are there vendor onboarding steps?
• Is board approval required?

If you can’t map the Paper Process, you don’t have a deal. You have optimism.

Methodology doesn’t reduce creativity in sales. It protects revenue.

Curious: how disciplined is your team when it comes to qualification?

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