On March 15th, my latest book will be released by Agate Publishing. The book is pre-released and now available on Amazon.com. I have a limited amount of free copies. If you’d like one, just fire me an email at tsalonek @ intertech.com and I’ll get a copy dropped in the mail.
My thanks to Neal St. Anthony for interviewing me for the article Main Street’s mood is resilient despite rocky markets.
At the end of an engagement, we believe the customer should be stronger than when we started.
For example, on a recent engagement the improvements included a product platform used as a base for the organization’s different software products and a shift from managing projects using waterfall approach to Agile and Scrum
What’s interesting in the above example is neither was in the project’s original charter.
Fortune magazine named Intertech to the 2016 30 Best Workplaces in Tech in America.
This is a tremendous honor and I’m humbled. My thanks to our clients and employees for making us possible.
What makes a good customer? Isn’t it the job of a consultant to make the relationship work? Like all positive relationships, it’s a two-way street. Here are a few thoughts on being a good customer.
Be Flexible
It’s no secret it’s a tight market for talent. If you’re looking at the credentials of the team members down to the minor revision-level, you may lose out. For example, if there’s not a 100% fit to your technology set like a JavaScript library, have the team members used similar or competing frameworks?
Be Quick
Setup your process for interviewing a consulting firm or consultant to be thorough but quick to commit if you’ve found a fit. Top talent is rarely sitting on the sidelines for long.
Be Effective