A 22 page paper. The major part of this paper addresses the topic of becoming an IT consultant, including an overview of becoming an IT consultant, advantages and disadvantages of becoming an independent consultant, finding potential clients, including Web sites that are useful, an explanation of the RFP (Request for Proposal) with advice on completing the proposal. And example is provided. Other skills needed by the IT consultant are reported. The last section discusses managing the acquisition of IT systems from the perspective of the agency. This paper is the same as Becoming An IT Consultant but an additional section on the phases of IT acquisition and the advantages of hiring a consultant to aid in this process. Bibliography lists 10 sources.
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for each sentence. This is our standard practice. This citation tells the customer where that idea came from. When no citation is made, that information is based on the writers
own background, experience, knowledge and/or conclusions, suppositions, premises, etc. The customer needs to know which information is coming directly from the writers thinking and which is coming from another source.
Besides, you received an extra page at no charge. Despite a lengthy and comprehensive search, I was unable to access documents that focused on IT acquisition or IT acquisition management
from the consultants side. I am adding a section on IT acquisition management from the perspective of a company. Even with this additional information added to this paper, the student
needs to consider what Jawad and Reeves stated: "Literature directly relevant to success in Information Technology acquisition appears to be non-existent" (1997). These investigators went on to say that they
could find no literature that was directly related to or that "applied specifically to the field of IT acquisition" (Jawad and Reeves, 1997). The student suggested there are missing words
or "wrong words" in this paper. There are neither missing words nor "wrong words" here. The student suggested the inclusion of statistics regarding success/failure rates of consultants. These data do
not seem to be available. It would be impossible to calculate the ratio since most consultants do not take out a business license, there would be no way to obtain
the data.] Introduction Smith commented that "striking out your own is exciting, challenging, fun, and nerve-wracking all at the same time" (2000). If you already have several years
of paid experience with a company and you have the skills others will pay for, it can be a very rewarding venture. It is never easy because the beginning consultant
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