4 Reasons Why Tech Consultants Get Sacked

 
Source baselinemag.com
 
October 17, 2007
4 Reasons Why Tech Consultants Get Sacked
By Laton McCartney
The biggest sins: Promising what can’t be delivered and not closing the loop in client communications. To do either is to invite calamity.
 
 
Not long ago I interviewed a representative from a tech consultancy that was involved in a systems upgrade. The project was progressing as [...]

Working as a consultant

Source: Unknown

1. Business is made up of ambiguous victories and nebulous defeats. Claim them all as victories.
2. Keep track of what you do; someone is sure to ask.
3. Be comfortable around senior managers, or learn to fake it.
4. Never bring your boss a problem without some solution.
5. You are getting paid to think, not to [...]

What is business intelligence?

Source: Wall Street Journal

WSJ: What is business intelligence?
Mr. Davenport: It’s the systematic use of information about your business to understand, report on and predict different aspects of performance. Historically, it has had a number of names. It was called decision support when I started my career…It’s been called business intelligence for about a decade now.
WSJ: [...]

The Difference between FOCUSING on PROBLEMS and FOCUSING on SOLUTIONS

Case # 1: When NASA began the launch of astronauts into space, they found out that the pens would not work at zero gravity (ink will not flow down to the writing surface).
Solution # 1: To solve this problem, it took them one decade and $12 million. They developed a pen that worked at zero [...]

Small story… Big thought…

 
One fine day, a bus driver went to the bus garage, started his bus, and drove off along the route. No problems for the first few stops – a few people got on, a few got off, and things went generally well.
 
At the next stop, however, a big hulk of a guy got on. Six [...]