Requirements

A Hierarchy of Information Requirements

By Jim MacLennan ⋅ May 9, 2010 ⋅ One comment

It’s a common problem statement – ‘I don’t have enough information to (run my business unit, manage this process, identify opportunities, etc.)’. The solution designer, when faced with a question like this, starts with a little detective work; the problem is too broadly stated.

Strategies for Malware in Consulting Engagements

By Jim MacLennan ⋅ May 28, 2006 ⋅ Post a comment

Last in a series on some practical legal mumbo jumbo (disclaimer: IANAL) for your Master Consulting Agreements (MCA). This one was particularly interesting to put in; it’s really interesting to see who catches it, but it was an amazing (in retrospect) observation that led us to include the language.
The Trigger Event: A virus outbreak. We [...]

Strategies for Risk Sharing in Consulting Engagements

By Jim MacLennan ⋅ May 13, 2006 ⋅ Post a comment

I am late is responding to a comment on this post, first in a series about Consulting Engagements. Earlier this week it was Intellectual Property, with another good comment … so, why all the harsh language about protecting IP that I probably can’t commercialize? Ah – welcome to the world of Risk Sharing.
The issue is [...]

Strategies for Intellectual Property in Consulting Engagements

By Jim MacLennan ⋅ May 8, 2006 ⋅ Post a comment

Previously, I wrote about Fee Structures in Consulting Engagements, which is the stuff that the consultants are primarily interested in. If the consultant / firm has any strategic skills,their next concerns will be about Intellectual Property (IP) rights.
<aside> Not that IP, this IP </aside>
Do you really think that they make it all up from scratch [...]

Strategies for Fee Structures in Consulting Engagements

By Jim MacLennan ⋅ March 5, 2006 ⋅ 2 comments

Yet another vendor seminar last month, and the idiosyncracy of the day was an abnormal amount of focus on the fee structure (they were presenting their expertise on a certain platform, and talk of fees was a tad disconcerting).
The vendor is, of course, railing against the fixed fee – puts all [...]