Want to make sure that you and your client see eye-to-eye even when they don't see you? Here are some ways you can keep the channels of communication open with clients when you're working off-site.
Make sure 'out of sight' isn't 'out of mind'
- Date: July 1st, 2009
- Author: Meredith Little
- Category: consulting
- Tags: Project, Client, Consulting, E-mail, Outsourcing, Telecom & Utilities, Online Communications, It Operations, Business Operations, Outsourcing & Subcontracting
Competing motives for an IT consulting engagement
- Date: June 30th, 2009
- Author: Chip Camden
- Category: consulting
- Tags: Consultant, Information Technology, Consulting, Outsourcing, Strategy, It Operations, Business Operations, Outsourcing & Subcontracting, Management, Chip Camden
Sometimes clients have ulterior motives for bringing in an IT consultant, such as they need to use up their budget or they need a scapegoat. Chip Camden offers tips on what to do if you're in this situation.
Five step process for removing viruses and spyware from client machines
- Date: June 26th, 2009
- Author: Erik Eckel
- Category: consulting
- Tags: Infection, Virus, Anti-spyware, Spyware, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Cyberthreats, Security, Viruses And Worms, Erik Eckel
IT consultants must regularly remove stubborn, often regenerative and corrupting spyware and viruses from client machines. Erik Eckel shares his preferred strategy for quickly returning systems to stable operation.
Should this IT consultant fire his client?
- Date: June 22nd, 2009
- Author: Chip Camden
- Category: consulting
- Tags: Consultant, Information Technology, Accountant, Client, E-mail, Operational Accounting, Online Communications, Finance, Chip Camden
After doing a little snooping onsite, an IT consultant needs help deciding whether to fire his client. Read about his sticky situation, and then offer your advice.
100 comments to celebrate 100 IT Consultant posts
- Date: June 19th, 2009
- Author: Chip Camden
- Category: consulting
- Tags: Chip Camden
In honor of his 100th IT Consultant column, Chip Camden highlights 100 member comments that made him think, laugh, or both.
Build a better test bench for your IT consultancy
- Date: June 11th, 2009
- Author: Erik Eckel
- Category: consulting
- Tags: Bench, Consultant, Information Technology, IT Technician, Strategy, Management, Erik Eckel
The design of your test bench can have a big impact on productivity and profitability. Based on real-world experience, IT consultant Erik Eckel offers five proven tenets of efficient work bench design.
Nontraditional cures for keeping a project on schedule and on budget
- Date: June 10th, 2009
- Author: Susan Harkins
- Category: consulting, project management
- Tags: Project, Personnel, Team Management, Strategy, Management, Susan Harkins
Telling a client that a project is behind schedule and running over budget is unpleasant and possibly humiliating. Two nontraditional methods for involving in-house personnel from the project's inception can help keep things on track.
Conflicts of interest between IT consulting clients
- Date: June 8th, 2009
- Author: Chip Camden
- Category: consulting
- Tags: Information Technology, Client, Consulting, Outsourcing, It Operations, Business Operations, Outsourcing & Subcontracting, Chip Camden
Chip Camden recounts a situation in which he discovered he was working for clients that were direct competitors. He shares the valuable lesson he learned from the experience.
IT consultant talks nicknames, bad managers, Linux distros, and more
- Date: June 5th, 2009
- Author: Mary Weilage
- Category: consulting
- Tags: Photography, Information Technology, Linux, Strategy, Operating Systems, Software, Management, Mary Weilage
In Sonja Thompson's recent interview with IT consultant Deadly Ernest, this active TechRepublic community member shares a lot of interesting stories, including why his favorite and his least favorite IT job was at the same company.
Cultivate positive onsite relationships by easing employees' concerns
- Date: June 5th, 2009
- Author: Susan Harkins
- Category: consulting
- Tags: Job, Employee, Recruitment & Selection, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Susan Harkins
Employees sometimes feel uncertain about a new IT consultant onsite. Susan Harkins offers ideas about how to alleviate their concerns and form a good working relationship.
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