What does an IT consultant do?

Simply put a consultant focuses on advising organizations on how best to use information technology (IT) in achieving their business objectives. In addition to providing advice, IT consultancies often estimate, manage, implement, deploy, and administer IT systems on behalf of their client organizations – a practice known as “outsourcing”.

There are different reasons why consultants are called in:

• To gain external, objective advice and recommendations
• To gain access to the consultants’ specialized expertise
• Temporary help during a one-time project where the hiring of a permanent employee(s) is not required or necessary
• To outsource all or part of the IT services from a specific company