Re:Why Taxpayers Pay McKinsey $3M a Year for a Recent Colleg...
by Ill_ban_myself on Friday December 06, 2019 @09:44AM
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Consultants have usually seen 10-20 successful versions of what you are trying to do and 3-4 failed versions materialize over the last three years.
The difference is usually whether the companies involved had the money and focus to mostly follow the consultant’s plan or whether it gets bogged down in customizations and committees of internal stakeholders at the company.
I’ve also seen a couple stall because 3rd party vendors over promised and totally dropped the ball but it’s usually the vendors that the company was locked into before the consultant came on board or some niche product with no good vendors in the space.
The difference is usually whether the companies involved had the money and focus to mostly follow the consultant’s plan or whether it gets bogged down in customizations and committees of internal stakeholders at the company.
I’ve also seen a couple stall because 3rd party vendors over promised and totally dropped the ball but it’s usually the vendors that the company was locked into before the consultant came on board or some niche product with no good vendors in the space.