COREscape

IDENTIFY THE BEST TECH SOLUTION FOR YOUR NEEDS

Beyond

one-size-fits-all reports and static rankings. Backed by data. Focused on outcomes.

WHAT TOP PERFORMERS DO DIFFERENTLY

Not all benchmarks

are created equal.

ImpactBench is DEJ’s proprietary methodology for identifying the capabilities that separate top performers from the rest—and showing others how to get there.

ImpactBench

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The
ImpactBench
Methodology

STEP 1:

Identify Top Performers (TPOs)

We analyze thousands of survey responses and identify the top 20% of organizations based on KPIs most relevant to the topic at hand—such as reliability, time to resolution, release velocity, or business impact.

STEP 2:

Compare TPOs to All Others

We then slice the data to uncover which capabilities TPOs are significantly more likely to have in place compared to everyone else.

STEP 3:

Measure the Benefits

Next, we analyze the operational and business-level benefits of those capabilities—from reducing downtime to accelerating innovation.

STEP 4:

Deliver a Path to Improvement

Finally, we provide data-driven recommendations that show how any organization can close the gap and move closer to TPO status—based on proven strategies from those already achieving superior results.

Why ImpactBench Matters

Unlike traditional benchmarks that just show “who’s better,”

ImpactBench reveals why they’re better—and how to follow their lead.

• Grounded in live, empirical data

• Aligned with real-world outcomes

• Continuously updated through DEJ’s survey infrastructure

• Designed to be actionable, not just informational

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ImpactBench is a cornerstone of DEJ’s outcomes-based model. It connects research to reality by showing how technology choices and strategic capabilities directly affect performance—across both business and IT dimensions.

Two Output Types - Turning Benchmarks Into Business Value

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What Top Performers Do Differently
Points for Users

Each brief uncovers the specific capabilities that top-performing organizations (TPOs) are significantly more likely to adopt, benchmarked across thousands of data points.

These reports provide vendor-agnostic, data-backed recommendations—designed to help any organization replicate proven practices that drive measurable results.

They are a key output of ImpactBench’s commitment to delivering actionable insights, not just analysis—and they serve as a blueprint for strategic progress.

DEJ’s Business Value Benchmarking Briefs follow the full 4-step ImpactBench methodology—moving beyond surface-level comparisons to identify what truly separates top performers from everyone else.

Measuring Business Impact

DEJ’s Business Impact Insights calculate the true value of adopting high-performing capabilities - and the real cost of not acting.

This analysis goes beyond incremental KPIs to deliver a full-picture assessment of how technology decisions affect business performance, including:

ROI calculations tied to capability adoption

Competitive positioning benchmarks based on market leaders

Opportunity cost estimates for delayed or missed transformation

These findings are built from the same data foundation as ImpactBench and connect directly to DEJ’s outcomes-based research model.