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Auditing financial claims requires tagging every figure as verified data or a hypothesis to expose unsupported assumptions. Applying a five-question reality check on audience behavior, downside risk, and available data separates factual numbers from speculative growth promises.

Reality-checking ROI estimates involves running assumption checks and downside analysis on every growth claim. Applying hard rules for external presentation claims and missing links in the client-to-product chain ensures pitch deck numbers are factually grounded before approval.

Tagging financial estimates in a roadmap requires labeling every number as either verified data or a hypothesis. This figure tagging process makes unsupported wide ranges and budget requests immediately visible for prioritization reviews.

A reality audit can triage budget requests by applying five reality questions covering assumptions, downside risk, and the first checkpoint. This process returns go, pilot, block, or kill verdicts that separate grounded data from hypotheses before moving forward.

Budget validation is needed when planning proposals contain estimates, wide ranges, or external benchmark comparisons. Applying hard rules for missing links in the client-to-product chain ensures these financial claims have factual grounding before review.