by lewsauder | Jun 8, 2015 | Client relations
“I’m just a programmer. I’ve only been brought in here to write code for this client.” That’s the general attitude I’ve gotten from many consultants on past projects. Some consultants just seem to forget that their really outsiders. There is a double standard....
by lewsauder | Apr 27, 2015 | Client relations
I’m intrigued with the popularity of vampires and zombies these days. Just doing a simple search for vampires on Amazon.com provides over 51,000 book titles. A search on zombies provides another 24,000. Netflix offers many titles under each category as well. It...
by lewsauder | Jan 5, 2015 | Client relations
Over my 20+ years of consulting, I’ve dealt with many types of clients. Most have been good clients. They were cooperative and wanted to solve problems in a collaborative environment. Every once in a while, I’ve run into one that isn’t so cooperative....
by lewsauder | Dec 8, 2014 | Client relations
Consultants and clients often have a contentious relationship. Clients resent the high hourly fees the consultants charge. They view consultants as a necessary evil. Consultants tire of the constant demands the client places on them, while pressuring them to lower...
by lewsauder | Oct 13, 2014 | Client relations
I’ve worked with clients who had their own project methodologies. In most cases it was a binder or two somewhere on a bookshelf. It might have even been distributed in binders on everyone’s desk. Unfortunately, that was often where it ended. It has been my...
by lewsauder | Sep 29, 2014 | Client relations
Ask any random business people what first comes to mind when they think of the word “consultant.” Some will tell you that they steal your watch to tell you the time. You might hear that they train their people on one client in order to charge higher rates...
