What is the scope of IT consulting?
Is it just understanding the business processes and providing IT solutions? Or is it more...
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Jul 1, 2014
It is more than providing IT Solutions.
In fact, IT Consulting covers organisational topics too.
Mar 25, 2014
IT consulting is a huge field, covering the gamut from setup (hardware, software, infrastructure, app dev, etc.) to program and project management for such varied notions as new client implementations, system upgrades, application development and implementation; even end-of-life programs.
Generally speaking, IT Consulting services make sense for ANY component of IT that the organization cannot staff with current permanent staff and may have need for only a short time (temporary).
Mar 25, 2014
This really depends on the consultant and the size of your business. Generally the larger you are, the more narrow the scope of the consultant you higher. This is because the larger companies tend to have staff to take care of the day to day activities and are looking for someone with specialized knowledge
In small business you are generally looking for someone with a broad spectrum of knowledge, even if it is not as in-depth as the consultants larger companies hire.
Mar 24, 2014
Hi
IT consulting is a very vast field. First you need to identify in which broad are is your referred IT Consulting is, i.e. Software / Infrastructure / etc, then within these broad categories, you may have sub-categories, i.e. under software you may have web based or desktop based or mixed use, cloud based, etc
Then you need to define the actual scope of IT Consulting as per expectations of end customer.
Hope this helps, if you be more specific in your question, I can help you further.
Regards
Mar 26, 2014
Hi Shekiron
Now that you refer to software, you would need to decide, what exactly is in it, for Consulting, i.e. what role you would play, as a software consultant, you would help on database design or software design or architecture design, etc, you would need to define your process around it. There is no fixed formula to follow, there is nothing like one process fits all, it really depends on the expectations of the customer, you would need tailor the process around the expectations to achieve optimum results.
Hope this helps.
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Thanks Muhamad for your reply. I m looking into software consultation and it could be Web based or desktop based application. Also, if required I can partner with infrastructure people to deliver.