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The Forecast Manager role is essential in Salesforce when working with Territory Forecasts. By assigning a Forecast Manager to each region, Salesforce can generate a roll-up forecast based on the territories managed within that region. The Forecast Manager oversees the forecasting process and can provide the sales director with the requested detailed roll-up forecast for each territory.

Including the Forecast Manager field on the Account page layout or assigning roles in the user role hierarchy is useful for access control and organizational structure, but they do not directly impact the roll-up forecast functionality for territories. Assigning a Forecast Manager ensures accurate and hierarchical forecasting as per regional sales performance.

Salesforce Documentation References:

Set Up Collaborative Forecasts by Territory

Forecast Manager Role in Territory Management

When a new requirement arises outside the original scope of the project, the best practice is to initiate a change request. This formal process evaluates the new requirement's impact on the project’s scope, timeline, and budget. Creating a change request allows all stakeholders to review and agree on the scope expansion before implementation, ensuring transparency and proper resource allocation for the added items.

For guidance on managing project scope changes, refer to: Salesforce Change Management Best Practices.

To foster friendly competition among account executives while reinforcing activities that drive sales, it’s effective to use a leaderboard that focuses on activities directly related to sales outcomes, such as the number of opportunities created. This approach encourages account executives to generate more sales opportunities, aligning with the goal of driving sales activities. By using a leaderboard, sales leaders can easily track and motivate performance across regions, while reinforcing positive behaviors that contribute to sales success.

For more on building leaderboards and dashboards, see: Salesforce Dashboard Best Practices.

Before enabling Opportunity Splits, it is necessary to enable Opportunity Teams and confirm that the opportunity owner is a team member. Here’s why:

Requirement for Opportunity Splits: Opportunity Splits rely on Opportunity Teams to allocate credit across team members. Therefore, enabling Opportunity Teams is a prerequisite, ensuring that splits can be assigned to team members who contribute to the opportunity.

Ownership and Team Membership: The opportunity owner must be part of the Opportunity Team to ensure that they can be assigned a split and manage team member contributions accurately.

Salesforce Best Practices: Salesforce documentation on Opportunity Splits specifies that Opportunity Teams must be set up and members confirmed for split management to be operational.

In summary, the consultant should enable Opportunity Teams and confirm the owner is a team member (Option B) before enabling Opportunity Splits.