Forecasting that holds upwhen the board asks why.One forecast. One source of truth.
Sales has one pipeline number. Finance has another. The dashboard shows a third. We build forecasting models and reporting systems that turn scattered CRM, marketing, and finance data into one governed number, before the board asks you to defend it.
One unified reporting layer across CRM, MAP, and finance
Governance and training so accuracy survives handoff
Trusted by revenue teams at
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Trek Travel
EnviroKlenz
Kustomer
Smart Meetings
Density
Unblu
X-Pole
Obsev
DailyFeed
RLM Public Relations
Ecole Etre
BuzzRipple
From Forecast Chaos toOne Governed,Trusted Number.
A breakthrough in forecast accuracy. Built for commercial use.
The Gap
Where the number stops being the number.
Field observation · Symptom 01 of 04
You've presented three different pipeline numbers this quarter.
Sales has one. Finance has another, built in a spreadsheet nobody else can open. The dashboard shows a third. By the time it reaches the board, someone has quietly reconciled the differences by hand, and you're the one who has to explain which number is real.
Field observation · Symptom 02 of 04
The forecast gets rebuilt from scratch every cycle.
There's no standing model, just a spreadsheet someone reassembles before every forecast call, using whatever export they could pull that morning. Accuracy depends on one person's discipline, not a system.
Field observation · Symptom 03 of 04
Pipeline contribution is a claim, not a number.
Marketing's influence on the forecast gets asserted in a QBR slide, not measured in the model. When budget gets questioned, there's nothing to point to except attribution that falls apart under scrutiny.
Field observation · Symptom 04 of 04
The forecast is rep intuition, rolled up.
Commit numbers come from gut feel on a call, not from stage conversion or deal velocity. Some reps sandbag, some oversell, and the roll-up just averages out the noise, then misses by a mile.
What It Costs
The cost isn't the forecast. It's every decision built on it.
01Data CapturedNo shared definitions
02ReconciledManual reconciliation
03Forecast BuiltStale data at review
04ReviewedNo variance tracking
05Decision Made
3Pipeline Versions
Most RevOps and Finance teams we meet are reconciling three separate versions of the same pipeline number before every leadership review. None of them agree, and nobody owns the difference.
The Method
The DevriX Forecasting Method.
S/01In focus
Audit and Data Reconciliation
Before we build anything, we find out why the numbers disagree. We map every system, spreadsheet, and definition feeding your current forecast, CRM, marketing automation, finance models, and identify exactly where and why they diverge. Most of the "forecasting problem" turns out to be a data-agreement problem hiding underneath, and until that gets named, no model will hold.
S/02Upcoming
Forecasting Model Design
We design the model to match how your team actually sells. Stage-based, velocity-based, or a blended approach, built and calibrated against your historical conversion and deal data, not a generic framework. We test the model against past quarters before it ever touches a live forecast, so you know where it would have been right and where it would have missed.
S/03Upcoming
Reporting Infrastructure and Integration
We connect the systems so the number only has to be assembled once. CRM, marketing automation, and finance systems get connected into a single reporting layer, with standardized fields and definitions enforced at the source, not patched together in a spreadsheet after the fact by whoever drew the short straw.
S/04Upcoming
Dashboard and Cadence Build
We build the dashboards your teams will actually use. Executive, RevOps, and team-level views, each scoped to what that audience needs to see and act on, refreshed automatically on a defined cadence tied to your existing review rhythm. The dashboard shows up when the meeting starts, not when someone remembers to refresh it.
S/05Upcoming
Validation and Governance
We stress-test the model before you present it. The forecast gets run against several historical quarters to check where it would have been right and where it would have missed, then we document ownership, update rules, and escalation paths so the system stays trustworthy after we leave, not just on launch day.
S/06Upcoming
Training and Handoff
We make sure accuracy doesn't depend on us. RevOps, Sales leadership, and Finance stakeholders are trained to run, maintain, and adjust the system as your business changes, so the forecast survives a team change, not just a quarter. You get a reference playbook, not a phone number to call when something breaks.
Scope
What's inside a forecasting & reporting engagement.
Six work streams. Every deliverable ships as a model, a dashboard, a governance rule, or a trained operator, not a recommendation.
Audit & Reconciliation
The data-agreement layer. Every source of truth mapped, every conflict named.
✓System, spreadsheet, and definition inventory
✓CRM, MAP, and finance data reconciliation
✓Definitional conflicts documented per stakeholder
✓Data quality and completeness assessment
✓Reconciliation map as the shared baseline
Model Design
The forecasting logic itself. Stage-based, velocity-based, or blended, calibrated to you.
✓Stage conversion and deal velocity analysis
✓Historical calibration across closed cycles
✓Segment- and rep-level adjustments
✓Backtesting against past quarters
✓Documented methodology and assumptions
Reporting Infrastructure
The pipes. CRM, MAP, and finance connected into one governed data layer.
✓Source-system field standardization
✓Data pipeline between CRM, MAP, and finance
✓Definitions enforced at the source, not in exports
✓Unified reporting layer as the single input
✓Automation of refresh and load cadence
Dashboards & Cadence
The surfaces the business actually reads. Scoped by audience, refreshed on rhythm.
✓Executive board and leadership dashboards
✓RevOps operating dashboards
✓Team-level rep and manager views
✓Refresh cadence tied to review rhythm
✓Variance and pacing views by stage and segment
Validation & Governance
The trust layer. Backtested, owned, documented, so the model doesn't decay after launch.
✓Backtesting across multiple historical quarters
✓Ownership and decision rights per metric
✓Update, override, and escalation rules
✓Governance playbook, written down
✓Re-validation cadence as business changes
Training & Handoff
The survival layer. Your team can run the model without us in the room.
✓RevOps operator training and documentation
✓Sales leadership commit process enablement
✓Finance stakeholder handoff
✓Reference playbook for ongoing ownership
✓Post-launch support cadence, defined
What it costs at every stage
Data Captured
No shared definitions across CRM, MAP, and financeEvery export means something different
Reconciled
Manual reconciliation before every review3 versions of pipeline, none owned
Forecast Built
Rebuilt from scratch each cycle in a spreadsheetNo standing model, no calibration
Reviewed
Stale data at review, decisions on last week's numberNo variance tracking after the fact
Decision Made
Hiring plans and budgets built on a number nobody trustsBoard updates built in three-day scrambles
See where your forecast disagrees with itself.
A 30-minute call. We'll look at your current forecasting and reporting setup and show you exactly where the numbers disagree, and what fixing it would take. No deck.
Every source feeding your current forecast, and exactly where they disagree. The shared baseline for what fixing it actually takes.
Typical engagement: model and infrastructure in 8–12 weeks. Governance and training close it out.
EVIDENCE
Case File 01 // SaaS / Security // Forecasting Buildout
Patchstack had no forecast. We gave them a governed one.
Patchstack, an open-source vulnerability intelligence company, had never configured forecasting or reporting in HubSpot. The instance existed, but it was barely used. Over roughly three months we cleaned up the CRM, set up lead scoring and a product library so revenue could be attributed by offering, and built custom quarterly MRR/ARR forecasts, weighted-pipeline analysis with stage-based multipliers, and deal-velocity tracking by stage. Those reports now feed real-time executive dashboards used directly for board reporting, and the team runs the whole system without us.
Active deals tracked40+
Deals tagged to a product100%
Rep time saved per deal entry and reporting−30%
Client Profile
PATCHSTACK
Profile
SaaS / Security · Cybersecurity
Fit
Who this is for.
Growth-stage and mid-enterprise B2B companies, $30M–$500M ARR, with at least 12–18 months of deal and retention data. SaaS, technology services, professional services, fintech, healthtech, energy/sustainability. Especially those whose win rates vary wildly by segment and who can't explain why.
CEOs, COOs & CFOs
You're dealing with
–A board number you can't fully defend under questioning
–Hiring and budget plans built on a forecast that keeps shifting
–No way to tell which team's version of pipeline is actually right
–Every quarter ends in a reconciliation exercise, not a decision
What you get
✓One governed forecast, reported the same way everywhere
✓Variance you can explain by segment, stage, or rep
✓Board and investor updates built in hours, not days
RevOps Managers & Directors
You're dealing with
–Rebuilding the forecast by hand every single cycle
–Data silos across CRM, MAP, and finance that never reconcile cleanly
–No governance model, so accuracy depends on you personally
–You inherited a spreadsheet nobody else understands
What you get
✓A forecasting model calibrated to your own historical data
✓One reporting layer feeding every dashboard automatically
✓A documented system your team can run without you in the room
Marketing Directors & VPs
You're dealing with
–Pipeline contribution that's asserted, not measured
–Attribution that doesn't survive a budget conversation
–No visibility into how campaigns actually move the forecast
–QBR claims that fall apart the moment anyone asks for the number
What you get
✓Marketing's contribution reflected directly in the shared model
✓Reporting that ties campaigns to pipeline and revenue outcomes
✓A defensible answer the next time budget gets questioned
Sales Directors & VPs
You're dealing with
–Commit numbers built on gut feel, not on stage or velocity
–Sandbagging and oversell that cancel out in the roll-up
–No clean way to explain why the forecast missed
–Reps calling from intuition instead of the CRM
What you get
✓A forecasting model grounded in real conversion and deal data
✓Rep-level and team-level views built on the same shared logic
✓A commit process that doesn't rely on tribal knowledge
PE Operating Partners & Portfolio Ops
You're dealing with
–Accountable for a value creation plan the portfolio company's own forecast can't substantiate
–Forecasting standards vary company to company, making cross-portfolio comparison unreliable
–Revenue and pipeline data that won't withstand buyer-side diligence at exit
–No standing technical resource to enforce a standard once it's set
What you get
✓A forecasting model that holds up under diligence scrutiny
✓A repeatable governance standard applied across portfolio companies
✓Board and sponsor reporting built on the same defined metrics as the operating team's
✓ARR and pipeline figures a buyer's diligence team can verify independently
Who this isn't for
–Want a pure FP&A or company-wide financial planning engagement? We focus on revenue forecasting and reporting infrastructure, not financial planning. Your FP&A team keeps ownership of that.
–Not willing to standardize definitions across Sales, Marketing, and Finance? The model only works if all three agree to use it. That alignment is the engagement.
–Less than one closed cycle of CRM data? We can build a directional model, but the calibration will be thin. We'll tell you up front.
Maturity Model
The four stages of a forecast.
Most $30M–$500M ARR companies live at Stage 2 and believe they're at Stage 3. They have a dashboard. Nobody trusts the number on it.
01
Spreadsheet-Dependent
The forecast lives in someone's personal file. It gets rebuilt by hand every cycle, and it dies with whoever built it.
Most companies start here
02
Departmental
Sales, Marketing, and Finance each have their own number. All three call it "pipeline." None of them mean the same thing.
03
Unified but Manual
The data lives in one place, but someone still has to pull it, clean it, and assemble the forecast by hand every week.
04
Governed & Automated
Definitions, cadence, and logic are standardized and run without a person in the loop, and everyone knows who owns accuracy.
Forecasting ships you here
The Shift
What changes after the forecast gets fixed.
After the fixOne forecast · One source · One cadence
01
One number, everywhere it's reported
The same forecast shows up in the CRM, the board deck, and the finance model, because it's the same underlying data, not three separate exports someone reconciled at 11pm before the meeting.
02
A model built on how you actually sell
Stage conversion and deal velocity replace gut-feel commit numbers, calibrated against your own historical data, not a generic template that assumes a sales motion nothing like yours.
03
Variance you can explain, not just report
When the forecast misses, you can point to which stage, segment, or rep drove the gap, instead of shrugging at the board and promising to look into it before next quarter.
04
A reporting cadence that runs without you
Dashboards refresh on a defined schedule with clear ownership, so forecast accuracy doesn't depend on one person's spreadsheet discipline or their vacation calendar.
05
Board updates built in hours, not days
No more three-day scramble reconciling exports before a leadership meeting. The number that goes in the deck is the number that's already in the system.
06
A system your team can run after we leave
Documented definitions, governance rules, and training, so the model doesn't decay the quarter after the engagement ends. Accuracy survives a team change, not just a quarter.
Governed, not frozen: we build the model, ship the reporting layer, and set the cadence for keeping it accurate as the business changes.
Outcomes
Strategic outcomes, measured.
KPI/01MEASURED
0%
Less rep time spent on deal entry and reporting after standardized properties and automation.
KPI/02MEASURED
0%
Of active deals tagged to a specific product, so revenue is attributable by offering.
Testimonial
Proof, not promise.
CASE FILE · B2B SaaS · $60M ARR
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We'd rebuilt the forecast three times before. The difference this time was that it stopped being a spreadsheet and started being a system. Sales, Finance, and the board finally looked at the same number, and the reconciliation meetings just stopped happening.
Director of Revenue OperationsB2B SaaS · $60M ARR
REF/24-0810Forecast reconciliation eliminated
Get Started
Stop defending a numberyou don't trust.
A 30-minute call. We'll look at your current forecasting and reporting setup and show you exactly where the numbers disagree, and what fixing it would take. No deck.
The questions RevOps, Finance, and Sales leaders ask us on the first call, answered directly.
01Do you replace our CRM or reporting tools?+
No. In most cases we work within your existing CRM and reporting stack. We may recommend configuration changes or additional integrations, but a platform switch is rarely necessary, and we'll say so if it is.
02What if Sales and Finance disagree on how forecasting should work?+
That disagreement is usually the actual problem we're solving. Part of the engagement is aligning stakeholders around shared definitions and a single methodology before we build anything. Skipping that step is why the last forecast rebuild didn't stick.
03Will this replace our FP&A process?+
No. We focus on revenue forecasting and reporting infrastructure. Your FP&A team keeps ownership of financial planning, working from more reliable revenue inputs than they had before.
04How much historical data do you need?+
At least one full closed cycle of CRM data is ideal for calibration. Less than that, and we'll build a directional model and refine it as more data comes in, we'll be explicit about the confidence level either way.
05Can you support us after the initial build?+
Yes. Many clients move into an ongoing RevOps retainer to keep the model current as the business evolves, new segments, new motions, new stages. The governance playbook is designed to make that lift small.
06How long before we see a working model?+
Structure and reconciliation typically take 4–6 weeks, with the full reporting layer and governance playbook complete by week 8–12, depending on data complexity and how many source systems are involved.
07How is this different from your RevOps Audit?+
The RevOps Audit diagnoses the full GTM operating model, what's broken across systems, definitions, and processes. Forecasting & Reporting is the build. Many clients run the audit first, but neither strictly requires the other.
08What do you need from us?+
CRM access (ideally read/write in a sandbox), marketing automation and finance data exports, historical closed-won/lost data, and executive alignment on the definition of pipeline before we start building.
09What if the model shows our forecast has been optimistic?+
Then you found it from a calibrated model instead of a missed quarter, which is the cheapest way to find it. The point of validation is to see it before the board does.