Accenture: An insider guide - Gymkhana
Accenture: An insider guide - Gymkhana
Accenture: An insider guide - Gymkhana
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• Develop acceptance criteria<br />
• Oversee implementation of technical applications (IT)<br />
• Develop and implement financial models<br />
• Oversee training applications<br />
• Conduct structure analysis<br />
A Day in the Life of an IT Consultant<br />
8:30 Arrive at the site. Check my e-mail to see if tests found any bugs over<br />
night. Yep, there are a few critters in this system.<br />
9:00 Meet with the tester to get more information about the bugs. What’s the<br />
impact? By when do we need to resolve them?<br />
10:00 It’s a high-priority bug, so all hands on deck. I shove aside my other<br />
work and focus on clearing up this problem.<br />
12:00 Almost there, but not quite. Still, I need refueling. I head for the elevator<br />
bank and grab a sandwich at the coffee shop downstairs. I read over any<br />
<strong>Accenture</strong> e-mails I might have glossed over while I munch through my<br />
lunch.<br />
1:00 Work out the last kinks. There! Now I can shift my attention to new<br />
development and new features we’re considering for this project.<br />
3:00 Meet with clients and other <strong>Accenture</strong> consultants about some of the<br />
new features we’re planning. It’s a good time to make sure we’re in touch<br />
with the client’s needs—and pick some of my colleagues’ smart brains.<br />
4:00 I start working on a proposal for one of these features, trying to distill<br />
what people want and what we can do.<br />
5:00 I check back with the client to make sure everything’s OK with that<br />
earlier problem. Then I’m back on our proposal.<br />
6:30 Time to head out. A bunch of folks from my last project are meeting to<br />
watch the game at 7:00 and I’ve told them to save me a stool.<br />
On the Job<br />
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