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Forecast 02e1eb8a · published 2026-09-07

Around 23 job postings mentioning coaching are expected the week of Oct 5–11, 2026 (likely range: 0–73, 80% coverage) — down from 72 the week of Sep 7–13, 2026.

Confirmed

What was claimed

The forecast

Target period
Oct 5–11, 2026
Predicted mentions
23 job postings
Direction
↓ Falling
Method
Linear trend fit with confidence interval
Review by
2026-10-11
Expires
2026-10-18

Confidence at publication

Early signal

What happened

Outcome

Actual mentions
49 job postings
Off by
26 postings
Accuracy
46%
Direction
✓ Called correctly
Predicted range
✓ Actual fell inside it

Interval 0.0-73.1 covered the observed 49.0 (down) in 2026-W41; point estimate was 22.8 (down).

Observed history

coaching — the series behind the fit

Aug 3–9, 2026: 2 mentionsAug 10–16, 2026: 1 mentionsAug 17–23, 2026: 8 mentionsAug 24–30, 2026: 366 mentionsAug 31–Sep 6, 2026: 234 mentionsSep 7–13, 2026: 72 mentions

How we know

Evidence

40+

Confidence

Early signal

Source diversity

2 sources

95% from one source — treat as narrow

Last updated

2026-09-07

Reality validation

Predicted
22.78
Actual
49
Accuracy
46%
Direction
called correctly

How this forecast was made

Approach
Linear trend fitted to recent weekly counts, with a range to account for uncertainty
How far ahead
4 weeks
Checked against reality by
2026-10-11
Can it be edited?
No — forecasts are locked at publication and scored as-is

Track record for coaching

15 forecasts published, 9 scored, mean accuracy 48%.

Primary sources

12 sources
Booz Allen Hamilton — Agile Coach and Release Train Engineermail.google.com
BAE Systems, Inc. — Senior Scrum Mastermail.google.com
Ladders — Managermail.google.com
Booz Allen Hamilton — Release Train Engineermail.google.com
EY — SAP Basis Team Lead - Associate Directormail.google.com