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POA vs traditional consulting

Analysis, recommendations and a report.

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Your organization
Connected work
Human review

Where each fits

Choose the model that fits the work.

Best suited to POA

Organizations that need the recommended change to be implemented, integrated and measured, not only described.

Best suited to Traditional consulting

Organizations needing independent strategy, evaluation or a business case to secure a decision and funding.

What each provides

With POA

A working, governed workflow in the organization's own tools, plus the training and measurement around it.

With Traditional consulting

Expert analysis, benchmarks, facilitation and a written recommendation that the organization can act on or take to a board.

What your team manages

With POA

The organization approves the design and keeps professional responsibility. POA stays accountable for implementation quality.

With Traditional consulting

Implementation, procurement, integration and change management fall to the organization after the engagement ends.

Integration and implementation
Consulting rarely touches systems directly. POA does the integration work and stays through the operational phase, where most integration problems appear.
Human oversight
A consulting report can specify oversight principles. POA builds the review gates, permissions and audit trail that make those principles operational.
Outcome measurement
Consulting may define measures. POA instruments them, reports on them and adjusts the workflow when the measures move or do not.
A balanced conclusion
Strategy work and implementation work answer different questions. Many organizations benefit from both, and POA is designed to carry a recommendation into daily operation.

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