What Unpredictable Project Demand Really Costs You, and What You Can Do About It
Unpredictable project demand. It’s the nature of consulting. It costs consulting firms and other organizations a fortune in lower utilization, but the true cost is even more than you know. But that doesn’t mean the symptoms of variability are unmanageable. We’ll first examine the true cost of variable project demand, and then explore hiring strategies for mitigating both the explicit and hidden costs. The true cost of variable project demand In economics, true cost calculatio