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Updated Success Plans descriptions and process in the SA Handbook

Ancil McBarnett requested to merge mcbgit-main-patch-551c into main

Why is this change being made?

This merge request updates the content of several handbook pages related to customer success plans. It introduces a new "Mutual Customer Success Plan" concept, which is a customer-facing roadmap for achieving value through GitLab adoption. It also includes a detailed explanation of when and how to create a Mutual Customer Success Plan, as well as how it differs from a Technical Close Plan. Additionally, it provides a step-by-step guide on how to build a Technical Close Plan and transition it to a Customer Success Plan. This is part of the issue to rollout Success Plans across the org

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  • Update 4 files
  • /content/handbook/solutions-architects/sa-practices/customer-success-plan/index.md
  • /content/handbook/solutions-architects/sa-practices/technical-close-plan/_index.md
  • /content/handbook/solutions-architects/sa-practices/_index.md
  • /content/handbook/customer-success/csm/success-plans/_index.md

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