Forecast category
Definition
Forecast category is a forecast category is a sales classification of a deal’s likelihood — often commit, best case, pipeline, or omitted — used to build a leadership-ready revenue or space forecast.
Categories force sales managers to separate hope from commitment. Require evidence for “commit” (verbal yes, draft contract, payment plan) or forecasts inflate. Align categories with finance’s recognition rules to avoid two competing truths.
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