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Which three options are financial challenges in business outcome-based selling? (Choose three.)
The correct answer is A. Competing stakeholder goals and expectations. C. Financial resources are distributed across functional areas. E. IT adoption and implementation may have long business cycles.. Business outcome-based selling presents financial challenges due to competing stakeholder goals, distributed financial resources, and lengthy IT adoption cycles.
Question
Which three options are financial challenges in business outcome-based selling? (Choose three.)
Options
- ACompeting stakeholder goals and expectations.
- BDifficulty to determine external value.
- CFinancial resources are distributed across functional areas.
- DCompetitive analysis is often incomplete.
- EIT adoption and implementation may have long business cycles.
How the community answered
(28 responses)- A86% (24)
- B4% (1)
- D11% (3)
Why each option
Business outcome-based selling presents financial challenges due to competing stakeholder goals, distributed financial resources, and lengthy IT adoption cycles.
Competing stakeholder goals make it difficult to establish a unified financial outcome to pursue, leading to budget conflicts and challenges in allocating funds effectively for a shared business result.
Difficulty to determine external value primarily relates to market valuation or competitive positioning, which is not a direct internal financial challenge for implementing outcome-based selling initiatives.
When financial resources are scattered across different functional areas, it impedes the ability to centralize investment for cross-functional initiatives required by outcome-based solutions, thus creating funding obstacles.
Incomplete competitive analysis is a strategic or market intelligence issue, not an intrinsic financial challenge related to the allocation or management of an organization's financial resources for outcome-based selling.
Long business cycles for IT adoption and implementation defer the realization of financial benefits, presenting a cash flow and ROI justification challenge for businesses investing in outcome-based solutions.
Concept tested: Financial challenges in outcome-based selling
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