How to become a successful IT consultant / Dan Remenyi.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Remenyi, D., 1944-

Series:

Computer weekly professional series.

Computer weekly professional series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Electronic data processing consultants.

Information technology--Vocational guidance.

Information technology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (185 p.)

Edition:

1st edition

Other Title:

How to become a successful information technology consultant

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Butterworth-Heinemann, 2003.

Language Note:

English

System Details:

text file

Summary:

'How to Become a Successful IT Consultant' is a practical book for anyone considering setting themselves up as an IT consultant. It is essential reading for those contemplating such a career change. Today IT consulting has become a major opportunity for many IT professionals who want to work for themselves. It is no longer only the domain of the high-flying international organization. In fact tens of thousands of IT professionals are leaving their regular jobs to set up as IT consultants on their own. Although there are many consulting opportunities available it is quite a challenge to make a

Contents:

How to Become a Successful IT Consultant; Copyright; Contents; Computer Weekly Professional Series; Preface; Acknowledgements; About the author; How to use this book; 1 Consultancy - a major opportunity for IT professionals; 1.1 Consultancy: the opportunity; 1.2 Changes brought by the Internet and the Web; 1.3 Consultants plug a gap; 1.4 A major career option; 1.5 Requirements to start; 1.6 Summary and conclusion; 2 Is IT consultancy for you?; 2.1 Must haves for the IT consultant; 2.1.1 Optimism; 2.1.2 Flexibility; 2.1.3 Sense of adventure and bags of energy; 2.1.4 Ability to persevere

2.1.5 Realistic view of your business potential2.2 Summary and conclusion; 2.3 Self-test on the characteristics necessary for IT consulting; 3 Setting up your IT consultancy business; 3.1 Three focusing questions; 3.2 Form of business; 3.3 To be or not to be a company; 3.4 The awkward question of capital; 3.5 A financial forecast; 3.6 Fixed costs; 3.7 Variable costs; 3.8 Cash flow; 3.9 What can the Internet do for you?; 3.10 Getting going; 3.11 Summary and conclusion; 3.12 Checklist; 4 The consultancy options; 4.1 Core competence or expertise; 4.2 Flexibility is key

4.2.1 Creative or lateral thinking assignments4.2.2 Experiences-based assignments; 4.2.3 Procedural assignments; 4.2.4 Hands-on assignments; 4.2.5 Responsibility assignments; 4.3 Key areas of IT consulting opportunity; 4.3.1 Quality assurance; 4.3.2 Project management; 4.3.3 Data warehousing and mining; 4.3.4 Market intelligence; 4.3.5 Client-server applications; 4.3.6 Customer relationship management (CRM); 4.3.7 Data administration; 4.3.8 m-Commerce (or mobile commerce); 4.3.9 Database applications; 4.3.10 Local and wide area networks; 4.3.11 Security; 4.3.12 e-Government; 4.3.13 Internet

4.3.14 Intranet4.3.15 Knowledge management; 4.3.16 Documentation; 4.3.17 e-Learning; 4.3.18 Product or industry specialist; 4.3.19 Website development; 4.3.20 e-Business opportunities; 4.3.21 e-Business model development; 4.3.22 Helpdesk; 4.3.23 Desktop Publishing; 4.3.24 Vendor selection; 4.3.25 Recruitment; 4.3.26 IT training; 4.3.27 Computer telephony integration (CTI); 4.3.28 Business process reengineering (BPR); 4.3.29 Strategic IS planning (SISP); 4.3.30 Business continuity planning (BCP); 4.4 The Consultancy Opportunity Matrix; 4.5 Consultancy Opportunities by Industry Matrix

4.6 Summary and conclusion4.7 Checklist; 5 Pick your service offerings; 5.1 Generally don't do the same as everybody else; 5.2 Even world famous experts get it wrong!; 5.3 There is no infallible way; 5.4 Differentiator versus cost leader; 5.5 Imagination is the key; 5.6 Summary and conclusion; 6 Finding clients for your IT consulting business; 6.1 Entrepreneurship - the name of the game; 6.2 Entrepreneurship is not enough; 6.3 From business strategy to marketing strategy; 6.4 Marketing strategy; 6.5 Have a clearly defined IT offering

6.6 Express the value of the offering in a marketing document or brochure

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786611013370

9781136397936

1136397930

9781136397943

1136397949

9781281013378

1281013374

9781429483742

1429483741

9780080495293

008049529X

OCLC:

437182132