Unlike Before

Beyond Conventional Project Management

Your IT Investments are Strategic Investments. Conventional Project Management KPI’s alone won’t secure the strategic and financial results you’re targeting.

Unlike Before is an IT Project Consulting and Delivery Services company that takes System Implementation and Transformation Programs, and the Teams that deliver them, from OK to Outstanding.

Discover how we can help you become Outstanding.

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Helping Senior Management achieve the results they need from their medium to large-scale IT investments.

Services

Tailored Support where it matters most to achieve the certainty and outcomes you want and need

Consulting

Bespoke assessment, design and implementation of project organisation structures and operating models that align with your culture, strategy, and organisational needs

Program/Project Leadership and Management

Credible and targeted support to Senior Leadership with:

  • New Projects – Definition, initiation, and Launch
  • Troubled Projects – Evaluating, Salvaging, and Stopping
  • Sustainable Transformation – Elevating project and software delivery services

Coaching and Mentoring

As your trusted consultant, we provide the space and time to discuss challenges and explore actionable solutions for evaluation as next steps

Key Notes

Focused on the 3 fundamental areas that take teams and projects from OK to Outstanding:

  • Leadership and Management
  • People and Culture
  • Systems and Processes

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Working with Deanne

Deanne’s super-power? Getting things done by establishing structures that ensure systems and processes, people and culture, and leadership and management are ‘In’ and rock.

She works alongside senior leaders in medium to large organisations by helping them secure the success they need from their investments in technology projects. After witnessing the ebb and flow of trends from the trenches, Deanne offers a unique perspective on what truly drives successful outcomes. 

An international powerhouse and results focused leader with big-picture understanding, her contribution extends far beyond the confines of traditional project management approaches, reflecting a blend of wisdom, adaptability, and strategic foresight.

“By making sure your transformation project and its team are defined and structured to maximise their full potential, I know it will not only deliver what your business needs but also fulfil your organisations target financial and strategic objectives. Whether onsite, remote, or a blend of the two, I orchestrate all this from my personal paradise in Langhe, Northwest Italy.”

“Deanne has the rare ability to connect strategic governance and day-to-day operational realities and make sense of the value chain that ties the two together. A seasoned change manager, she intelligently addresses the 360-degree lifecycle including culture and behaviours, not simply the technology change function.”

Commercial Procurement Manager, Strategic Procurement, Group Finance, New Zealand Post.

Options for Engagement
Efficient Effective Experiential

Unlike Before is a Borderless Consultancy | On-site, Virtual, Combination

Consulting | Management | Delivery

Intensive Intervention

5 days to 1 month


Leverage international expertise in an intensive manner as the essential first step towards achieving certainty.

Consulting | Management | Delivery

Co-Creative Consulting

Bespoke – 3 to 12 months


Engage senior international project expertise on a regular yet part-time basis alongside your project leadership and governance group to ensure seamless alignment between project objectives and the company’s overarching strategy.

Consulting | Management | Delivery

Done For You Delivery

Premium – 3 to 12 months


Hire dedicated expertise, for a defined period, in a senior role that’s an integral member of your team.

Client Experiences – In Their Own Words

Deanne is a very well organised and empathetic leader of people. She quickly grasps what will add value and generates buy in and enthusiasm. I admire her style and calmness under pressure. She clearly brings all the strengths of her experience to bear and will offer great value no matter the situation she is in. I would be very happy to work with her again.
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Associate Partner at McKinsey & Company, Australia
Deanne partnered with me at Spark NZ on a company wide efficiency programme. Her collaborative approach, firm but fair style and results focus saw us achieve outstanding results. I was also impressed with her understanding of organisation health and design, as well as her interest in and experience in the future of agile ways of working. I hope to work with her again.
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CEO Home, Mobile and Business – Spark, NZ
I have the pleasure to have worked with Deanne in 2005 and am happy to work with her again since 2018. Here is what really stood out during 2020: Deanne is an amazing Networker and Collaborator. Whether she is on- or off-site, projects succeed, are kept transparent and remain coordinated with centralised and de-centralised teams. Many claim they are Smart Collaborators and Networkers – Deanne proves it every step along the way!
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Client Partner – EMEA at Vistex, Germany
I had the opportunity to work with Deanne during a challenging project implementation of a Commission Solution. She proved to be a great partner, fair, balanced and very thorough. Her Project Management skills are excellent, and I could always rely on her to follow up on every single topic. Would enjoy working with Deanne again at our next opportunity!
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Program Manager, VORward at Vorwerk Group, Switzerland and Germany
Deanne arrived to help us with a project crisis, as we ran into difficulties which led to a third party intervention need. I watched Deanne with astonishment as she led the project through the requirements and design stage, with persistence she led a large group of users and managers filled with objections. Her professionalism and expertise provided with spirit and the will to understand and solve conflicts brought unity and collaboration. Deanne is a real Pro and I’m looking forward to working with her again.
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Project Manager, NESS Technologies, Israel