Reddit mentions of Flawless Consulting: A Guide to Getting Your Expertise Used

Flawless Consulting is pretty well known and respected.

Llevo 15 años como Consultor Independiente, con bastante éxito.

TODO mundo quiere hacerse independiente, pero pocos tienen la disciplina y valor para hacerlo. A mí me sirvió mucho leer estos libros:

http://www.amazon.com/The-Business-Consulting-CD-ROM-Included/dp/0787994642

http://www.amazon.com/Flawless-Consulting-Guide-Getting-Expertise/dp/0470620749/

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Peter Block's Flawless Consulting is the Bible of consulting and offers really intuitive step-by-step analysis of best practices in consulting. If you pick this book up, you can use it to guide you through your first gigs without too much trouble.

Good luck!

I'd think the first thing to do at this point is to talk with your client about their expectations. Be honest in telling them what you can do in the time you have, and give them the options of changing schedule, scope, and budget. Usually you can have any two of those. If all three are locked in, then describe the outcome you expect. You'll get the go-ahead or you won't, but your conscience should be clear either way.

My theory is that people hate after-the-fact surprises more than hearing bad news at the beginning. If you don't, you risk your reputation with the client's network - you'll never have the opportunity to explain the situation to those people.

Finally, check out Peter Block's book Flawless Consulting. The first third is indispensable, the second third is good, and the last part is just OK (IMHO).