{"id":127,"date":"2018-05-04T12:05:43","date_gmt":"2018-05-04T12:05:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pressbooks.library.ryerson.ca\/itmcapstonesurvivalguide\/?post_type=chapter&#038;p=127"},"modified":"2018-05-04T19:10:30","modified_gmt":"2018-05-04T19:10:30","slug":"chapter-5-intro-to-it-consulting","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/itmcapstonesurvivalguide\/chapter\/chapter-5-intro-to-it-consulting\/","title":{"raw":"Chapter 5: Intro to IT Consulting","rendered":"Chapter 5: Intro to IT Consulting"},"content":{"raw":"[embed]https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=AhByU5tAh4U[\/embed]\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nWhat does Consulting look like? Flying on a plane, sitting in boardroom, dropping a bunch of fancy terms, handing out expensive advice? There's a great deal more to it than that! It\u2019s all about giving professional guidance as the expert. Clients hire you as an IT consultant because they\u2019re looking for a level of expertise on improving processes, introducing new systems, solving business problems, etc. that they can\u2019t find from within their own company.\r\n\r\nTo equip you to be your best consulting self, we take some time in Part 2 to give you a run through of the 6 phases that are essential to IT consulting using a spin on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.acronymfinder.com\/Who-What-Where-When-Why-How-(W5H).html\">W5H<\/a> method by exploring for each phase:\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li style=\"font-weight: 400\">What it means<\/li>\r\n \t<li style=\"font-weight: 400\">When it happens<\/li>\r\n \t<li style=\"font-weight: 400\">Who it involves<\/li>\r\n \t<li style=\"font-weight: 400\">Why it\u2019s important<\/li>\r\n \t<li style=\"font-weight: 400\">How to navigate it<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\nYou can consider this like \u2018Consulting 101\u2019, what you need to know about all things consulting to set you up for success.\r\n\r\n[h5p id=\"6\"]\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nThese are the general phases that you will go through as part of the Capstone project, be it in a more staggered waterfall approach or using an agile method. You might spend more time on one phase or another, but each one contains crucial steps to gather the information you need to produce successful and effective deliverables for the course and the company you\u2019ll be working with.\r\n\r\nYou might be surprised to hear that the IT consulting process is very similar to engineering design. While you aren\u2019t creating a tangible product, you are in a way, acting like an engineer who will be using skills, knowledge, and creative problem solving prowess to come up with ideas that\u2019ll fix something. The following fun videos on engineering design will give you a preview of what you can expect to delve into in the remainder of this section.\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><\/p>\r\n[embed]https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=MAhpfFt_mWM[\/embed]\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><\/p>\r\n[embed]https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=fxJWin195kU[\/embed]\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><\/p>","rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"oembed-1\" title=\"CONSULTING 101: What do consultants do? (spoof video)\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/AhByU5tAh4U?feature=oembed&#38;rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>What does Consulting look like? Flying on a plane, sitting in boardroom, dropping a bunch of fancy terms, handing out expensive advice? There&#8217;s a great deal more to it than that! It\u2019s all about giving professional guidance as the expert. Clients hire you as an IT consultant because they\u2019re looking for a level of expertise on improving processes, introducing new systems, solving business problems, etc. that they can\u2019t find from within their own company.<\/p>\n<p>To equip you to be your best consulting self, we take some time in Part 2 to give you a run through of the 6 phases that are essential to IT consulting using a spin on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.acronymfinder.com\/Who-What-Where-When-Why-How-(W5H).html\">W5H<\/a> method by exploring for each phase:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\">What it means<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\">When it happens<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\">Who it involves<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\">Why it\u2019s important<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\">How to navigate it<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>You can consider this like \u2018Consulting 101\u2019, what you need to know about all things consulting to set you up for success.<\/p>\n<div id=\"h5p-6\">\n<div class=\"h5p-iframe-wrapper\"><iframe id=\"h5p-iframe-6\" class=\"h5p-iframe\" data-content-id=\"6\" style=\"height:1px\" src=\"about:blank\" frameBorder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" title=\"Chapter 5: Lightbulb\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>These are the general phases that you will go through as part of the Capstone project, be it in a more staggered waterfall approach or using an agile method. 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