Business presentation delivery · Core

Close the loop

Also called: complete the follow-up

ELI5

Finish an open issue and tell the relevant people.

Used in conversation

“Close the loop with everyone who raised the risk.”

Definition

To complete a follow-up by communicating the outcome or resolving the outstanding item.

Here “Close the loop” means: To complete a follow-up by communicating the outcome or resolving the outstanding item.

Pitch context

You will see “Close the loop” in business pitches, proposals, executive summaries and decision decks when the discussion reaches business presentation delivery.

Why it matters: It helps a reader interpret business presentation delivery without confusing the measure, decision, role or evidence being discussed.

Sources & evidence · 3

Supporting source families. This entry is an editorial synthesis rather than a quotation from one canonical glossary.