Creating a Successful Consulting Practice

CHAPTER 5

Consulting Project Process

In the previous chapter we covered mission and vision statements. We have also discussed how to define the client’s need (project objective) in a precise way in order to define the parameters of a consulting project and avoid project “scope creep.” Understanding mission and vision and defining the objective are critical to initiate a successful consulting ­project but are only the beginning of a process that will result in a successful outcome.

It is useful to understand all of the steps to be taken to complete a consulting project and to do them in the proper sequence. For this it is useful to remember the acronym MVOSSTE.

M—Mission

V—Vision

O—Objective

S—Situation Analysis

S—Strategy