Absolute Revenue Forecast Error
Are your revenues foreseeable?
Description
Absolute revenue forecasting error is a metric that indicates how variable your revenues are. Since the metric does not account for the direction of the change, this metric should be used more to assess the risk level’ in revenues and not whether or not the revenue targets are being met.
Motivation
The discrepancy between the forecasted revenues in either direction is a telling sign of business uncertainty. Being able to maximize the foreseeability of revenues makes running a business much more manageable.
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In the OKR goal-setting methodology, metrics are preferably used as part of a Key Result.
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