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How the Pipeline Commander gate works
How Pipeline Commander rolls six open deals into one pipeline verdict: a deal with no economic buyer or next step is AT RISK whatever its health score, and its dollars count as junk — which is how a pipeline reads EXPOSED with commit-grade deals covering just 0.52× of quota.
How the gate works
This tool grades your whole sales pipeline against quota. It reads 6 open deals and rolls them into one verdict — the worst, never the average — and then a gate that can only make it worse.
The 6 open deals
| Deal | Verdict |
|---|---|
| Acme Corp · Negotiationwork first | AT RISK$120K |
| Initech · Discovery | AT RISK$60K |
| Hooli · Best Case | BEST CASE$30K |
| Globex · Proposal | COMMIT$80K |
| Umbrella · Proposal | COMMIT$50K |
| Soylent · Discovery | NOT REAL$40K |
The verdict bands
A deal with no economic buyer or no next step is AT RISK whatever its health score — and its dollars count as junk against the pipeline, regardless of the score.
In the worked sample it reads EXPOSED — Acme scores a healthy 63, but it has no economic buyer — the disqualifier gate drops it to AT RISK. Commit-grade deals now cover just 0.52x of the $250K quota, so the pipeline is EXPOSED. The one thing to fix first: Acme Corp ($120K) — get to the economic buyer, or stop forecasting it as commit..
Common questions
Can every deal look survivable on the How the Pipeline Commander gate works and the company still read EXPOSED?
Yes. The roll-up takes the worst of 6 open deals — never the average — then a worsen-only gate, the Disqualifier gate, escalates when trouble clusters. In the worked sample it reads EXPOSED because acme scores a healthy 63, but it has no economic buyer — the disqualifier gate drops it to AT RISK. Commit-grade deals now cover just 0.52x of the $250K quota, so the pipeline is EXPOSED.
What is a worsen-only gate?
A dispositive rule that can only lower a verdict, never raise it. One fatal flaw overrides an otherwise-set of survivable lines, because a single disqualifying gap shouldn't hide behind an average of the healthy ones. The tool also names the one thing to fix first — here, "Acme Corp ($120K) — get to the economic buyer, or stop forecasting it as commit.".
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This is how Pipeline Commander works. More diagrams in the Visual Field Guide.