6 The Consulting Process – Execution and Closure Execution

DOI: 10.4324/9781003466987-6

“Execution is the performance of the services agreed upon in the contracting phase” [40, p. 12]. In this stage, what has been approved is delivered. Therefore, it cannot start until an agreement has been reached and the contracting phase is completed. Outcomes should include providing the agreed-upon services and deliverables, recommendations and future approaches, and ongoing evaluation and improvement suggestions. Typical steps include the following:

  1. Refinement of the agreed work plan detail. This work must be done closely with your client to ensure approval, ...

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