Not in practice, unless they're signed to a guaranteed, multi-year, cross-org contract. Fixed price has so many issues. Hourly has its own Pandora's box.
The incentives (mostly turn time) are just too misaligned to create good solutions, even with good consultants.
Consultants also aren't empowered to fundamentally push back on a client's demands, nor have existing relationship with other IT orgs they'll need buy-in from to get durable work finished.
The incentives (mostly turn time) are just too misaligned to create good solutions, even with good consultants.
Consultants also aren't empowered to fundamentally push back on a client's demands, nor have existing relationship with other IT orgs they'll need buy-in from to get durable work finished.