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Supplement Your Consulting Pipeline by Subcontracting

Successful Independent Consulting

You may need to do some admin (busy work) like file status reports or do verbal check-ins with the client relationship/engagement manager. Most global consulting firms use their own talent databases when they need to augment their own staff. For example, PwC Talent Exchange or Deloitte Open Talent.

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2024 Events for Project Managers, Business Leaders, and Industry Professionals

Epicflow

Check out our selection of events for project/resource managers, business leaders, and industry professionals, which will provide you with valuable insights into recent trends and challenges, networking opportunities, and contribute to your professional development.

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Cost Overrun in Aerospace and Defense: The Main Causes and How to Prevent Them

Epicflow

However, most of the causes for cost overrun can be explained by poor project and resource management. Improper risk management. Aerospace and defense projects are exposed to numerous risks – geopolitical and economic tensions, supply chain and talent challenges, competition with the world’s largest companies, etc.

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Project Management: Dealing with Scarcity

PM Alliance

Our project management consultants often need to help clients navigate resource challenges, whether during the initial planning phase or after the project has moved into the execution stage. Funding may be the first thing that comes to mind, but many teams also struggle to manage scarcities related to personnel, knowledge, and time.

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Project Management Areas You Need to Rethink

PM Alliance

The core functions of project management are the same as they’ve always been, but much has changed in the rest of the business world that influences how project teams plan, monitor, and execute projects. More teams are also making use of online learning options to build skills in areas outside the core project management competencies.

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Supplementing Your Pipeline with Consulting Agencies

Successful Independent Consulting

By “agency” I mean a company that matches independent consultants with client projects, like a talent agency. An agency is different than a consulting firm because agencies usually place one person at a time, and they assume consultants are bringing their own methodology and tools. They may require you to sign a non-compete agreement.

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What is consulting?

Tom Spencer

This might include advice on asset management, tax structuring, or capital structuring to reduce financing costs and sources of risk (e.g. For that reason, management consultants form the vast majority in the advisory branch – more than half of all advisors can be defined as a management consultant.