Sub-function
Forecast & Pipeline Hygiene
Owns forecast cycle work end to end inside Sales. Runs 3 lines across 16 stations, drains the repeatable share into the P2P tower, and holds 4 human gates.
Estate rating
BBB
74 / 100
The model forecast runs autonomously and is deliberately shown next to the human commit. Divergence between the two is the honest signal leaders actually need.
Agents
9
Lines
3
Units / wk
7,376
Timetable vs actual
19.5h → 24.0h
Cost / unit
$10
was $30
Run-rate saving
$7.8M
annualized at this volume
The 9 agents running this sub-function
Grouped by what they are for, not by where they sit. The agent org is process-shaped.
Forecast Orchestrator
Owns the forecast & pipeline hygiene lane end to end. Sequences the other agents, holds the timetable, and decides what surfaces to a human.
ceiling A3 · escalates to Escalates to VP Revenue Operations when the unit falls outside the decision envelope or confidence drops below the floor.
Pipeline Coverage Agent
Runs the repeatable portion of forecast & pipeline hygiene inside the shared transaction spine at spine cost and spine controls.
ceiling A3 · escalates to Escalates to VP Revenue Operations when the unit falls outside the decision envelope or confidence drops below the floor.
Commit Variance Agent
Runs the repeatable portion of forecast & pipeline hygiene inside the shared transaction spine at spine cost and spine controls.
ceiling A3 · escalates to Escalates to VP Revenue Operations when the unit falls outside the decision envelope or confidence drops below the floor.
Slippage Detection Agent
Watches forecast & pipeline hygiene continuously. Detects drift, quantifies it, and routes what matters without waiting for a reporting cycle.
ceiling A3 · escalates to Escalates to VP Revenue Operations when the unit falls outside the decision envelope or confidence drops below the floor.
Forecast Model Agent
Executes the forecast & pipeline hygiene step it owns, posts its evidence, and hands the unit to the next stage.
ceiling A3 · escalates to Escalates to VP Revenue Operations when the unit falls outside the decision envelope or confidence drops below the floor.
Data Hygiene Agent
Executes the forecast & pipeline hygiene step it owns, posts its evidence, and hands the unit to the next stage.
ceiling A3 · escalates to Escalates to VP Revenue Operations when the unit falls outside the decision envelope or confidence drops below the floor.
Call Prep Agent
Executes the forecast & pipeline hygiene step it owns, posts its evidence, and hands the unit to the next stage.
ceiling A3 · escalates to Escalates to VP Revenue Operations when the unit falls outside the decision envelope or confidence drops below the floor.
Forecast Integrity Monitor
Holds the rules that bind every other agent in forecast & pipeline hygiene. Versions them, tests them against live decisions, and blocks work that breaches them.
ceiling A3 · escalates to Escalates on any decision that would breach a live policy version, with the clause cited.
Forecast & Pipeline Hygiene Challenger Agent
Adversarial reviewer for forecast & pipeline hygiene. Argues the opposite case on every position and flags where the evidence does not carry the claim.
ceiling A3 · escalates to Escalates when a ratified position is still running against a break condition it flagged.
Estate rating breakdown
Seven control dimensions. Judgment readiness runs against autonomy on purpose.
People
What the humans stopped doing, and what they do now.
Redeployed into data stewardship and evidence quality.
Lines running in this sub-function
Each line is a workflow. Click a line to walk it station by station.
Strategy positions this sub-function holds
An agent that only executes is a robot. These are the calls it made, the argument against each one, and what would prove it wrong.
Forecast & Pipeline Hygiene Operating Position
Rejectedv4Where should the autonomy ceiling for forecast & pipeline hygiene sit over the next four quarters, and what evidence would justify moving it?
Hold the ceiling at A3 for forecast & pipeline hygiene. The model forecast runs autonomously and is deliberately shown next to the human commit. Divergence between the two is the honest signal leaders actually need. Raise it only after two consecutive quarters where the override rate stays under five percent and every override has a written cause.
confidence
69%
The challenge — Forecast & Pipeline Hygiene Challenger Agent
Forecast & Pipeline Hygiene Challenger Agent argues the recommendation leans on 4 quarters of data from a period with no volume shock. The confidence band overlaps the alternative, and the position does not say what it would take to be wrong. Recorded as a dissent, not a block.
Break conditions
- ·Override rate rises above 8 percent for two consecutive months
- ·Cost per forecast cycle stops falling while volume keeps rising
- ·A control failure in this lane reaches a customer or a regulator
Evidence gaps
- ·No independent test of the control evidence behind the touchless rate
| Alternative considered | Cost | Risk | Verdict |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hold the current position | $412k run rate | Known and priced. Cedes ground if comparators move faster. | live |
| Raise the ceiling one level now | $1655k to build controls | Override rate is 10 percent; raising the ceiling before that settles imports the error into production. | rejected on evidence |
| Move the exception tail to the spine | $975k transition | Loses local context. Rework risk on the cases that are hardest to recover. | under review |
Policy register
The rules the agents above are bound by. Version, owner, approver, and the agents each rule constrains.
| Ref | Rule | Scope | Owner agent | Approved by | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SL7-POL-200 | Forecast & Pipeline Hygiene Decision Envelope Agents in this lane may act without a human when the forecast cycle sits inside the stated value, risk and confidence envelope. Outside it, the unit holds at a gate with a named approver and a running clock. binds 5 agents · US · Canada | envelope | Forecast Integrity Monitor | VP Revenue Operations | v1.0 | Active |
| SL7-POL-201 | Forecast & Pipeline Hygiene Evidence Standard Every autonomous decision writes inputs, the rule version applied, the model and prompt version, the output and a reversal path. An action with no evidence record is treated as a control failure, not a fast decision. binds 5 agents · Global · EU | evidence | Forecast Integrity Monitor | VP Revenue Operations | v5.0 | under review |
| SL7-POL-202 | Forecast & Pipeline Hygiene Escalation Rule Escalation is mandatory when confidence falls below the floor, when two options sit inside the confidence band, or when a break condition on a ratified position fires. VP Revenue Operations owns the response clock. binds 5 agents · EU · UK · US | escalation | Forecast Integrity Monitor | VP Revenue Operations | v2.3 | under review |
| SL7-POL-203 | Forecast & Pipeline Hygiene Autonomy Ceiling The ceiling for this lane is 80 on the platform scale. The model forecast runs autonomously and is deliberately shown next to the human commit. Divergence between the two is the honest signal leaders actually need. The ceiling is a governance decision, not a technical limit, and only VP Revenue Operations can propose moving it. binds 5 agents · LATAM · US | ceiling | Forecast Integrity Monitor | VP Revenue Operations | v3.5 | Active |