Re: [Sigia-l] Gordom Ramsey consulting?
Hassan Schroeder <[email protected]>
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Peter Van Dijck wrote: > So I just want to open an discussion around this. Can/should consultants be > more like a good, local, affordable eatery, with local ingredients well > prepared, instead of the expensive 3-star restaurant that we often try to > be? It also relates to the financial crisis that's happening, as we all > remember from last time: the consultants are the first to go. I've been doing web consulting as an independent since 1996, and it's never failed to both amuse and annoy me that so frequently a company will have a project that I could do easily and quickly for $N -- and decide to spend *10-20 times* the money and substantially more time to have it done by a "name brand" consulting company. And in none of those cases where I was able to track the result was the outcome better. More PowerPoint presentations and more multi-page PDF reports generated, certainly, more "deliverables" concocted, but not ever a better application or site developed. And I'm certain it's just an updated version of the old "no one ever got fired for buying IBM" syndrome, but the reservoir of CYA-focused pointy-haired middle managers is deep and enduring. Will the current economic climate change that? I doubt it -- but I'd be happy to discover otherwise. :-) -- Hassan Schroeder ----------------------------- [email protected] Webtuitive Design === (+1) 408-621-3445 === http://webtuitive.com dream. code. ------------ IA Summit 2009: Peabody Hotel in Memphis Pre cons on March 18 and 19 Sessions on March 20, 21, 22 ----- When replying, please *trim your post* as much as possible. *Plain text, please; NO Attachments Searchable Archive at http://www.info-arch.org/lists/sigia-l/ ________________________________________ Sigia-l mailing list -- post to: [email protected] Changes to subscription: http://mail.asis.org/mailman/listinfo/sigia-l