Podcast · 26 min

Pipeline coverage is worthless

Toni Hohlbein and Raul Porojan · The Revenue Formula Free Intermediate

A deliberately blunt case that a coverage number tells you nothing about whether the pipeline underneath it is real, which is precisely the question here. Pairs with the ageing and three tests approach in the answer.

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The question it answers

  1. How do I tell whether my pipeline is real or just hopeful?

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