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Supplement Your Consulting Pipeline by Subcontracting

Successful Independent Consulting

This article and the corresponding quick reference guide summarize the pros and cons and offer practical tips for expanding your reach. Use the suggested questions in the reference guide to help figure this out ahead of time. For more links, download the reference guide.) More info on agencies and platforms below.)

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How to Tame Uncertainty of Research and Development: Tips on Managing R&D Projects

Epicflow

Research and development projects involve the process of discovering new ideas, technologies, and solutions to create new products (or services) or improve existing ones. In addition, changing requirements are commonplace for research and development projects. Will the developed product satisfy customers and be relevant in the market?

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A Phase-Gate Process in Project Management: Questions and Answers

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There are a variety of approaches and methodologies aimed to increase the effectiveness of managing projects and deliver better outcomes. A phase-gate process (also known as a stage-gate process) is an approach to managing projects and developing products, which breaks the whole procedure down into phases separated by gates.

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7 Reasons Why Your Clients Aren't "Getting It" When you Talk and Write About What You Do

Consulting Matters

When you try to talk to everybody, you talk to nobody and you'll wind up trying to sell your methodologies to anyone who will buy them and truth is - no one wants your methodology. There are so many things that we're experts in and so many processes and methodologies we use to create results for our clients. But not to Google.

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6 Current Trends in Project Management [2024]: What to Prepare for?

Epicflow

2] New Competencies: Soft and Digital Skills The latest trends in project management require developing specific competencies by PM professionals to be able to effectively implement these innovations in their work. Hybrid project management methodologies will also remain relevant instead of focusing on Agile for every kind of projects.

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

Epicflow

Applying inappropriate project management methodology. It may seem that the choice of a project management methodology has little to do with cost overrun. However, for some projects, a certain project management methodology can become crucial for a project’s success. Inefficient resource utilization.

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Impact of Data Analytics in Consulting

Tom Spencer

“Data scientists, fast computers, and advanced software are replacing traditional decision-making processes and disrupting tried-and trusted traditional consulting methodologies, with Big Data being one of the main forces of disruption” ( Tras, 2015 ). References. The words “big data” have become a “buzzword” in the business industry.

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