Methodology

4tell has combined essential strategic management principles with proven engineering and economic models, providing a unique methodology that enables organizations to Plan, Capture, Analyze and Execute strategic processes that tell them how the four pillars of sustainability become the basis of performance optimization for their built environment.

Our approach is to drive informed, sustainable business decisions by creating knowledge through the capture, management and analysis of vital business and operating data. By empowering organizations with Knowledge, they are able to plan, manage and improve their business results by creating investment strategies which align with their core mission and business objectives.

The Performance Management Mindset

Organizations with their sights on performance management have acknowledged the opportunity for improvement as well as the significant potential for sustainable operations. Once everyone realizes that the function they are performing has an impact on improving performance, an organization is poised for leadership. But this realization only comes from a comprehensive understanding of the performance management process.

By adopting the performance management methodology and following the strategic processes - Plan, Capture, Analyze and Execute - organizations create an iterative knowledge engine populated with the evolving learning and built-in subject matter expertise. This iterative process combined with industry knowledge, benchmarks, and configurable business processes results in an efficient, affordable and manageable approach to optimizing capital strategies and operations.

The process begins with defining key performance indicators (KPIs), measuring and benchmarking current performance levels, setting organizational goals and objectives for improvement, identifying opportunities for improvement through assessment and analysis and understanding an organization’s financial model and available resources. This process supports the creation of a capital plan that achieves performance improvement goals based on financial, energy, environmental and social dimensions, as well as through effective project execution, with measurement and verification of results, while keeping all stakeholders informed through sustainability reporting.

The outcome is a sustainable strategy for ongoing strategic and operational management.