Kickstart Consulting
User Needs
What is consulting?
Roles and Segregations
What are the skills / tools that might be relevant?
How do I find what my niche is?
Structure
Span - 3-5 Weeks
Introduction to Consulting
Base Case Study
Framework
Context Development
Problem Definition
Generating Hypothesis
Testing Hypothesis
Synthesis - 'Insight Development'
Recommendations
Assimilating Inferences
Assumptions
Pick up each bullet from MESE & draft potential hypotheses for each
Industry Research
Firm Research
Stakeholder Identification
Problem Bifurcation / Elaboration
Component Breakdown
Real Problem Statement
Problem defined in terms of what client wants vs what s/he needs
Mutually Exclusice / Completely Exhaustive
Iterations
Drafting Assumptions
Validating Assumptions
Bifocal Lensing - Where & How does the hypothesis fit in to the whole scenario
Hypothesis Interaction
Conditions for Interaction
Network impact of Hypothesis
Limiting Scope within each assumption as it fits in to the larger scope
Storyboarding
Consulting Communication
Output Presentation
Storytelling