what people have said about D4
The D4 techniques have impressed people as practical, relatively simple and commonsensical, well-integrated with strong cross-checking, and refreshingly focused on outcomes, finance and business. Most importantly they are not all smoke-and-mirrors; they deliver real results. Here is the evidence:
"I used to feel we were throwing money into the black hole that
was IT. For the first time (after applying Dimension Four® methods
to reverse engineer the business case for an installed system) I
can see exactly how the investment is paying back".
Finance Director, Property and
Services Company
"We have used Dimension Four® methods over the last three
years for objective business case exploration and for investigation
of Benefits Realisation. The methods are unique and practical. They
have provided the thread that links together the IT and the
business case in our core IT and business change programme".
Programme Director, Utility
Group
"They (Dimension Four® methods) find the single most effective
path to the future".
BBC journalist filming a programme
using D4
"This will allow us to jump the curve and start to deliver the
tools, the processes, the people, the behaviours, the organisation,
the skill sets that are actually the entry points into the market
place and allow BT to take significant benefit".
CEO in business programme using
D4
"The process was professionally supported, interactive and brought
real clarity. We now know clearly who needs to do what by when to
achieve the benefits of our programme."
Senior Civil Servant commenting on the
reinforcement of MSP by D4
"The Dimension Four® approach:
Is based on commercial principles from start to finish
- compares cash outlay with cash return
Produces business cases with SMART commercial objectives
- moves from relative achievements to absolute returns
Runs as a common thread through the Business Case, Project Charter
and Project Plan to realise and track benefits
Promotes detailed and realistic scrutiny of return on investment
by introducing conservatism into estimating benefits and pessimism
into estimating costs… "
From a client's internal evaluation
paper
"The Dimension Four® Benefit Realisation techniques and tools are
innovative, interesting and practical. They have already helped us
make great strides forward in the business cases for two of our
core programmes, and laid the foundations for benefits
tracking".
Director of Programme in International
Bank
"A senior client sent a pack of 20 slides and without any
prior knowledge of the methods, picked on the recognition event
slide only and said "This really caught my attention. I like this."
Another client said "I've never seen it done like this before. It's
really good".
Consultant in FS Firm working with
Central Government unit in England
"Working with the project sponsor and key stakeholders across the
business to identify a set of 30 recognition events was a highly
valuable activity which has helped the client gain much more
granularity about their vision. The recognition events have been
embedded in all project communications. We worked with Finance to
assign values...this enabled us to identify additional benefits
that hadn't been included in the original business case, which has
pleased the project sponsor..".
Consultant working in an international
company experimenting with using D4
"I'm convinced that your ground breaking and highly
innovative methods can make a major contribution to this
considerable challenge. Social care is awash with strategists and
theorists and visionaries. It's an area light on bricklayers and
people who can lead and implement change. I am convinced that your
workshop (applying Dimension Four® methods with representative
CEOs, FDs and Directors from Local Government across England and
Wales) will help us change mindsets."
Civil Servant, Department of
Health
"I do believe now (using the Dimension Four® techniques) we've
made that cultural shift, and people have moved from really not
knowing how they were going to make these changes to being on
board, we've won those hearts and minds, and they really do now
know how to get there."
CEO, Hospital Trust
"(after applying D4 methods extensively) ...certainly leading edge
with no other part of the public sector, perhaps service sector,
anywhere near this level".
CEO, national utility
"We have learned and are applying Dimension Four® Backcast
Planning techniques to great practical effect to align the IT to
the business. Although reinforced by deep conceptual thinking they
are refreshingly practical".
Business Change Manager, Utilities
Group
"For the last five years the Council (part of Central Government)
have expected that our Firm could deliver to meet their succession
of needs, and we always have. Because we now have the (Dimension
Four®) Benefit Realisation methods we have once again been able to
meet their expectations. We have carried out workshops in which the
clients produced the recognition events® table for benefits
realisation and amended the business case as they went along, all
without trouble. The clients saw how they could use the output more
widely. The OGC will be carrying out Gateway Four (readiness for
service) in April and will see the impact of the methods on this
project's readiness".
Consultant in FS firm working in a
Council in Central Government
