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strugk's review against another edition
After reading an interview with the authors and book's release notes, I was really keen on learning how, why, where and when employing consultants is detrimental to the client.
Disclosure: I do work in the industry, one company I worked for is mentioned briefly around page 40%.
The book in the first half I have read keeps providing examples of projects going wrong, but shies away from looking into the reasoning behind the decisions made, or finding similar projects that went much better under different circumstances.
Feels like it is just a binder of random case studies - but it is hard to say how were they chosen, why are they mentioned and they aren't too thoroughly researched.
Disclosure: I do work in the industry, one company I worked for is mentioned briefly around page 40%.
The book in the first half I have read keeps providing examples of projects going wrong, but shies away from looking into the reasoning behind the decisions made, or finding similar projects that went much better under different circumstances.
Feels like it is just a binder of random case studies - but it is hard to say how were they chosen, why are they mentioned and they aren't too thoroughly researched.
stephenhunsaker's review against another edition
slow-paced
3.0
I read this to prep questions for a podcast my director is doing with the author. I will happily be the first to shit on the consulting industry. The content is pertinent (and equally infuriating), it was less about convincing and more ammo for an opinion I already had. It does drag on a bit (even though it's only 250 pages) and the point feels like it's made well before it ends. One of those cases where the content is important but the delivery could have been more succinct.