WHAT'S INCLUDED
Three deliverables.
One clear picture.
The DC Full Assessment goes far beyond what a self-rating tool can surface. It combines structured interviews, skills mapping, and peer context to produce a rigorous, actionable view of your operation.
Peer Benchmarking Report
How does your operation compare to similar firms? We position your maturity scores against anonymised data from comparable investment operations globally.
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Scores benchmarked by firm type and AUM
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Domain-by-domain comparison
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Gap analysis vs. industry median
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Identified quick wins vs. structural gaps
Individual Skills Profiling
A structured view of capability depth across the team — not just headcount, but actual expertise coverage across SimCorp modules and business processes.
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Module-by-module coverage mapping
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Key-person dependency identification
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Skills gap heat map
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Development and succession recommendations
Board -Ready Roadmap
A prioritised, sequenced improvement plan that leadership can act on immediately. Designed to be presented to boards and steering committees without translation.
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Initiatives ranked by impact and effort
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12-month and 36-month horizon
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Investment estimates and resourcing guidance
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Clear ownership and accountability structure
THE PROCESS
Four weeks.
No disruption.
Designed to work around your team's operational calendar. No lengthy workshops, no extensive documentation requests — just structured conversations and independent analysis.
Scoping Call
WEEK 1
We review your self-assessment results and agree the scope, stakeholders, and format of the full assessment.
Structured interviews
WEEK 1 - 2
60-minute conversations with key stakeholders across operations, technology, and leadership. Conducted remotely or on-site.
Skills mapping
Individual capability profiles completed by team members, reviewed and validated by DC consultants with deep SimCorp expertise.
WEEK 2 - 3
Findings & road map
WEEK 4
Presentation of full findings, peer benchmarks, and prioritised roadmap to leadership. Board-ready materials included.
SELF ASSESSMENT VS. FULL ASSESSMENT
What the diagnostic can't tell you.
The online tool gives you a useful directional view. The full assessment gives you the evidence, the context, and the plan.
FULL ASSESSMENT
SELF-ASSESSMENT
Maturity score by domain
Instant results
Peer bench marking
Individual skills
profiles
Validated by DC
experts
Prioritised roadmap
Board-ready output
Working with Dimensional Community has been night and day compared to others. If they'd been involved from day one, this would have been a completely different project.
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— CFO, US Insurance Company
25
Combined SimCorp implementation experience
6
Global presence across major financial centres
+ yrs
+ markets
100
Independent — no vendor incentives or predefined solutions
4
From scoping call to board-ready output
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weeks
THE MATURITY SCALE
Five levels.
Honest thresholds.
Thresholds are calibrated to account for the tendency of self-assessments to skew generous. Most operations land between Reactive and Defined.