The document discusses strategic IT consulting methodologies, focusing on alignment with real-time enterprise problem-solving models. It includes case studies from major companies like Baidu and highlights tools such as logic trees and issue trees for structured problem solving. Key consulting skills and the importance of interpreting results to drive customer business transformation are also emphasized.

1. Strategic IT Consulting R. Prasad

3. Agenda Big 4 Consulting giants strategies Alignment with IT Consulting – Real Time Enterprise

5. Strategic Problem Solving Model

6. Triangle of Consulting Process

7. Structured Problem Solving Way

8. Case Study Baidu.com Fourth-most trafficked website in the world Clobbered Google & Yahoo Target Market: Entertainment Differentiation factor: China First to offer PPC

9. Case Study iVideoSongs.com

10. MECE ( Mutually Exclusive, Collectively Exhaustive) - Break the problem in to component elements. Tool: Logic Tree Structuring the Business Problem

11. e-Commerce Site Commerce Collaboration Content Data feeds UX RIA CSS RSS Pod cast VOD Blogs Wiki Shopping Voice Based Shopping Logic Tree Example: Developing robust e-commerce Site

12. Lessons Learned DB, Blogs or Wikis Don’t reinvent the wheel

13. Every Client is Unique

14. Initial Hypothesis : Inception Stage Prototyping

15. Initial Hypothesis : Problem solving roadmap Tools: Issue Tree & What-If analysis

16. Arriving @ Initial Hypothesis Additional research Industry experience Brainstorming

17. Issue Website Effectiveness Sub Issue 3 Scalability Sub Issue 1 Performance Process 2 Ajax Enabled Process 1 Static Sub Issue 2 Presentation Issue Tree

18. What-if Analysis

19. Planning and Designing Analysis

20. Engagement Manager Initiates Identify Key Drivers. Look at the big picture.

21. Project Vision

22. PMP & WBS

23. Requirement Management Plan (RMP)

24. Data Gathering : Gathering Data Smart

25. Data Gathering : Gathering Data Smart The important consulting skill

26. Data Sources

27. Business Requirements Document

28. Stakeholders:

29. Interview Structure. Be Sensitive Handle the “ Sandbagger ”

30. Workshops

31. Questionnaire Close Ended. Open Ended.

32. Don’t forget to send !!!

33. Interpreting the results

34. Interpreting the results Interpret to transform your customer business.

35. Adopt ‘ Agile Methodology’ ‘ Launch Early and Often’ Strategy Web 2.0 Interpretation

36. User Journey

37. Prototype:

38. User Story Card:

39. User Story Example: Back of Card

40. Presenting your Ideas

41. Be Structured Clear, logical and easy-to-follow.

42. Elevator test

43. One Message per chart

44. Generate Buy-in

45. Business Case

46. Tailor Presentations

47. Managing Your Team

48. Managing Your Team

49. Managing Your Client

50. Make the Client a Hero . Customer is the King See through your Client ‘s eyes

51. Pluck the low-hanging fruit The incremental value

52. REFERENCES :

53. Thanks