The IT Consultant presents a clear, organized, and common sense approach to the IT consulting process. Unique among books on the consulting business, The IT Consultant presents both the 'soft skills' of communication, facilitation, and presentation, plus a methodology for applying IT analysis skills to a client's business needs. By using comparisons with the services of familiar advice-givers such as doctors, lawyers, and architects, this book takes the mystery out of the consulting process and shows the prospective consultant that there is a defined methodology for providing advisory services. The enclosed CD-ROM enables readers to customize job aids for their own use. (text from the publisher)