CAN TELL YOU, everybody's an editor. And these days, it seems that everyone is a consultant. And as more companies offer advice for hire, more types of consulting companies appear.
More choice is usually a good thing, but it can also get confusing.
We talked to Stan Lepeak, vice president of Meta Group's Advanced Information Strategies group in Stamford, Conn., about what to expect from different types of consultancies. PricewaterhouseCoopers and Andersen are both large enough to handle massive, complex, global projects, according to Lepeak. Deloitte is smaller, but gets high marks in customer satisfaction. They typically target large and sometimes midsize companies. Management consultants like Bain and McKinsey are knowledgeable about business process and strategy, Lepeak says, but they tend to be weak on technology.