Business Survey: Hiring an IT Consultant

Business Survey: Hiring an IT consultant

Hiring an outside IT consultant is a common business decision, but the experience can be complicated, costly and frustrating. How has it worked for you? Please take our brief survey and share your experience.

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* 1. What is the biggest concern you have about hiring an IT consultant?

Losing control over an IT project

Not delivering what was promised

Spending too much

Misusing access to sensitive systems

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* 2. What has been most frustrating about IT consultants you've worked with?

Not performing to expectations

Failing to communicate the downsides as well as the upsides of a recommended technology

Unable to interface with the IT department employees

Failing to comprehend the issue your company is actually trying to overcome

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* 3. What do you expect most from an IT consultant?

Knowledge and experience with a specific IT issue

Solid insight into new technologies

Development of a realistic IT plan and roadmap for execution by the department

A strategy to future-proof your company

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* 4. We intentionally made this survey broadbrush, and we'd love to get the kind of feedback that doesn't fit in multiple choice. If there are any questions we should be asking, answers we should have included or more input you'd like to share, please do it below. Thanks!