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BCG. Accenture. Deloitte. KPMG. E&Y. CapGemini. I could go on. They all sell the same crap and produce the same sh*t and somehow they keep their huge clients who overpay for low quality work. What a racket.

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For the money, please identify an alternative that will accept the same contract terms, and can demonstrate the ability to compete at scale. Sometimes people need generic work done, not brilliant code written in a vacuum.

Why does scale matter? For every BCG, there are a number of capable boutique firms in each market, many that specialize in specific disciplines. The “big box” approach seems lazy.

because each subcontractor needs to be managed. They need individual priorities, contracts, and performance expectations set. The sheer complexity in subbing 100M of work to 50 competitors can require so much staffing in contract management that it would create more chaos and spending than it was worth for the change in capability. Scale matters because it simplifies management.

Source: my employer (not me) specializes in advising on the contracting for outsourced services.

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