Five ways to maximize results when working with a UCM vendor

As a UCM consultant myself, it used to drive me nuts to see some of my projects suddenly go under without any prior warning. Certainly, nothing related to quality of work.

It took me years to figure out, but one day I just realized that the actual industry standards had to be changed. When everyone is used to consultants charging by hour, the clients are virtually guaranteed to end up paying more and have their projects run longer than expected. (See my website at: www.stellentExperts.com/consulting for detailed discussion of exactly why is this happening).

Below are the few simple "secrets" that consistently help our clients get their projects delivered on time and on budget, and avoid the common IT project pitfalls.

Work out a fixed price project

I always get "It can't be this easy" objection when I recommend this but yes, it can, and you drop all the risk into your vendor's laps. Even if it takes them longer than anticipated you...