Three teams, three definitions

The short answerNobody is being careless. Each team built the measure it needed at the time, and with no written definition and no owner, those drifted apart quietly. The fix is one document: per metric, the field, the filter, the date basis and the owner, signed by all three leaders before any dashboard is touched.

What a written definition has to contain

The fieldWhich field, on which object. Not the concept, the field.Be literal

The filterStages, record types, owners, anything excluded. Stated explicitly.Where most drift lives

The date basisCreated, closed, stage entry or modified. The single biggest cause of disagreement.Pick one

The ownerOne named person who can change it, and who is asked first.Not a committee

The review dateWhen it gets re-checked. Definitions rot as the business changes.Quarterly

Who signed itAll three leaders, before a dashboard is built on it.Makes it stick

What this looked like in practice

one definition per metric

Before that engagement, two dashboards answered the same question differently and nobody could say which was right. The fix was a single document signed by all three leaders, not a better reporting tool.

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Questions

Why do sales, marketing and CS report different numbers?

Because each team built the measure it needed and no written definition existed. The usual differences are date basis, which object is counted, and which stages are included.

How do we get three teams onto one set of metrics?

One document, per metric: the field, the filter, the date basis, the owner and a review date, signed by all three leaders before any dashboard is rebuilt.

Who should own metric definitions?

One named person, usually in revenue operations. A committee produces drift because nobody is accountable for the answer.

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Why do sales, marketing and CS define the same metrics differently?