Frequently Asked Questions

None of your personal content or data is mined by our app or company. For cloud versions,  data is encrypted on our servers. We do reserve the right to access and user meta data that enables us to understand the performance of the app and improve functionality

For the purpose of our tool, “needs, features and requirements” are all the same thing. These are things you consider to be the important characteristics of what you are planning on building, buying or a service you may be engaging. 

Please see our case studies for example of the sorts of things you could enter in this section.

Customers are the end users of the product, tool or service. As such, users and customers can be used interchangeably (the end user usually being a customer). 

In more complex environments, User may refer to the Customer Service Representatives. Our more advanced version will accommodate this differentiation more fully.

Business Needs and Goals refer to more commercial requirements of the product, service or tool you are evaluating. 

If you are doing a simple feature evaluation, you may not need to use this section, so we have provided the ability to bypass this section. 

However there is often a point of dynamic tension between customer and business stakeholder groups and exposing the different priorities can be very useful for the decision makers in an organisation.

These can be any solution that addresses your need. They may be technical, process or capability development (e.g. training) or any combination of theseThe point is to look at different options and choose the optimal option.

See the case studies for some examples

Add any risks or constraints to the 'additional information' fields in the Option section.

CECI.app (Webapp) Free/Demo versions will not reliably retain content when you exit the tool as this will be dependent upon how you manage your temporary file (e.g. if you do a clean up you may lose content).

CECI.app (Lite) iOS and Google Play app versions will automatically save the content as last accessed on the device up to the maximum number of projects. Again, the reliability of the stored content is dependent upon how you manage your device.

CECI.studio (Pro) versions will are cloud based and are therefore secure saved, so future versions will allow you to pick up content from other devices.

The Free/Demo version is only intended as an introduction to the tool. Save and Export functions are only available for Lite and Pro (pending) versions

No. This is not available for Free/Demo and Lite versions as we want to keep the tool simple and intuitive to use. We may introduce different weighting scales in the future if there is any demand. Send us a message if you would like to see this.

Yes, the tool will support this. However depending upon the your approach and how complete your options are, you may drive additional rework.

 All users are weighted equally. For CECI.studio versions, you will be view the group weighting to assess if one particular business group is having a disproportionate impact on Needs and Goal weightings. Send us a message if you would like the ability to apportion a different importance "weighting: to individuals or teams.

CECI.app Free/demo versions can not export. 

CECI.studio versions can export projects (as a JSON file) or individuals tabs (as a CSV)

Larger projects will require CECI.studio

CECI as an acronym based upon Continuous Evaluation Continuous Ideation

CECI is primarily based upon  a QFD - Quality Function Deployment methodology.

All your content is stored on your own device. Not content us upload to any of our servers or cloud storage. CECI is intended as more of a demo product and as such, some of it's storage capabilities area limited. Note that if you delete temporary files, you may lose your project content.

If you feel you need greater storage confidence, you should upgrade to our subscription capability,  CECI.studio which is cloud based and more feature rich.

All your content is securely stored in the Cloud. We use Microsoft Azure as our Cloud provider

No, although if you are restoring from a device back up (and it restore your temporary files), it may restore your projects.

Yes, although it is not really a content transfer. Your content is actually hosted in the Cloud, so you should be able to access your content from any current browser

Quality Function Deployment (QFD) is a structured methodology used to translate customer needs and requirements into specific technical features and actionable deliverables during product or service development. Originating in Japan, QFD employs a series of matrices to align customer desires with engineering and business priorities. By systematically prioritizing and balancing conflicting demands, QFD ensures that the voice of the customer drives design decisions. This approach enhances quality, reduces development cycles, and minimizes costs by fostering cross-functional collaboration and maintaining a customer-focused perspective throughout the project lifecycle.

Features and Goals are ranked using a "star" system. The stars represent the importance of the item. We use a Fibonacci scoring system so that more important items  are valued higher.

Solution options are ranked against the Features and Goals using a "star" system. The stars represent the values, however we use Fibonacci scoring system so that high performing items are weighted higher

• 0 stars = 1
• 1 stars = 2
• 2 stars = 3
• 3 stars = 5
• 4 stars =  8
• 5 stars = 13

No, but you can subscribe to CECI.studio, which is the more professional version of this capability. 

CECI.studio is a free app, so we need to run limited advertising to offset some of our costs. We also apply advertising to our Blog, Forum and the Pictopetz application (when not logged in or on a paid subscription).

Out Main Landing page, About Us and CECI.studio should be free from advertising.

We are continuing to optimise our advertising, so if you see adds where you think there shouldn't be any, please let us know by send us a message.