consultancy

To begin with, we’ll need to find out some basic information about your firm. We will ask you to complete a simple questionnaire, setting out brief details of who you are, the sort of work you do, and the numbers of people involved. We also ask for some information about your current IT configuration. Please click here for a copy of the questionnaire, which you can print off.

 

Once we hear from you with the completed questionnaire, we will contact you within a day or so, to fill in any missing detail, and to discuss with you in general terms the sort of service you are looking for, and to see if we can help. If both of us are happy, we will make an appointment to meet with you. At this stage, we will ask you to pay a commitment fee of £250 plus VAT. This fee is non returnable, and is payable in any event.

 

At the meeting, you’ll be doing most of the talking, and we’ll be very careful to listen. The purpose of the meeting is to provide us with an opportunity to get a good understanding of the business, to gain a focus on specific areas of concern, and to provide you with an outline of the proposed consultancy, including the likely timeframe and cost. This meeting is unlikely to last for less than 2-3 hours, and may take longer depending on your exact circumstances. If both parties are happy, we will move onto the next stage, which is preparation of a written brief.

 

The written brief is an integral part of the consultancy, and it’s preparation – which is a two way process between the consultant and the client - is a painstaking task. It consists of an overview of the business, an analysis of specific areas of concern, a resolution outcome, a strategy (which may well include tasks that you must undertake), timeframe and costings. If the brief is misconceived, the project may fail, and so it’s extremely important to get it right. Once again, and prior to preparation of the brief, you will be asked to pay a non-returnable commitment fee of not less than £750 plus VAT.

 

Once the brief has been finalised – this takes about 2-4 weeks, but can take longer – and you have signed it off, the strategy can be implemented. The brief will contain review procedures, set out success criteria, and a fees payments schedule. During the period of the consultancy, the role of the consultant is to drive the strategy forward, ensuring that the pre - agreed success criteria are achieved, thus securing the overall outcome. In other words, to “fulfil the brief”!

How our consultancy works.

 

 

 

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