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Forecasting & Reporting

Forecasting that holds up when 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.

  • Stage-based forecasting, calibrated to your data
  • One unified reporting layer across CRM, MAP, and finance
  • Governance and training so accuracy survives handoff

Trusted by revenue teams at

  • Trek Travel
  • EnviroKlenz
  • Kustomer
  • Smart Meetings
  • Density
  • Unblu
  • X-Pole
  • Obsev
  • DailyFeed
  • RLM Public Relations
  • Ecole Etre
  • BuzzRipple

From Forecast Chaos to One 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.

What It Costs

The cost isn't the forecast. It's every decision built on it.

  1. Data Captured No shared definitions
  2. Reconciled Manual reconciliation
  3. Forecast Built Stale data at review
  4. Reviewed No variance tracking
  5. Decision Made
3 Pipeline 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.

  1. S/01 In 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.

  2. S/02 Upcoming

    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.

  3. S/03 Upcoming

    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.

  4. S/04 Upcoming

    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.

  5. S/05 Upcoming

    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.

  6. S/06 Upcoming

    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
What it costs at every stage
Data Captured
No shared definitions across CRM, MAP, and finance Every export means something different
Reconciled
Manual reconciliation before every review 3 versions of pipeline, none owned
Forecast Built
Rebuilt from scratch each cycle in a spreadsheet No standing model, no calibration
Reviewed
Stale data at review, decisions on last week's number No variance tracking after the fact
Decision Made
Hiring plans and budgets built on a number nobody trusts Board 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.

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Deliverables

What you walk away with.

DELIVERABLE 01 / 07 PRACTICE RECORD

Audit and Data Reconciliation

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.

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.

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
The Shift

What changes after the forecast gets fixed.

Revenue team reviewing a forecasting dashboard
After the fix One 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/01 MEASURED
0 %
Less rep time spent on deal entry and reporting after standardized properties and automation.
KPI/02 MEASURED
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
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 Operations B2B SaaS · $60M ARR
REF/24-081 0 Forecast reconciliation eliminated
Get Started

Stop defending a number you 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.

Frequently Asked

Answers for the technical buyer.

The questions RevOps, Finance, and Sales leaders ask us on the first call, answered directly.

01 Do 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.

02 What 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.

03 Will 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.

04 How 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.

05 Can 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.

06 How 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.

07 How 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.

08 What 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.

09 What 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.