Yesterday, we talked about an issue that caught us by surprise, and was more than we could handle on our own. One of the most common phrases I hear from lawyers when figuring out what to do about technology debt in their practices is “I don’t know what I don’t know”.
That’s to be expected – the tech landscape is far too vast to be an expert on even a few things, much less everything. You’re already familiar with the idea of a client paying you for a consultation to get ideas about the viability of his or her case, the best course of action, and pitfalls to avoid they hadn’t considered.
If you’ve experimented with hiring contractors on sites like Upwork before, you’ve likely run into a scenario where the bidding and interview frenzy around a project has left you with a vendor who did exactly what you asked – regardless of whether or not that was actually the best solution to the problem you were having.
Today’s session is up in your podcast feed, and we talk about buying an hour of time from a domain-specific expert to get a better sense of where the ball is being dropped in a specific area, whether or not projects you’re planning are worth the trouble, and putting together a game-plan so that when you outline or delegate technology-related projects, you have a better understanding of where you’re starting and what the end result needs to look like.
Once you have an idea of where your project is headed, our outsourcing masterclass has resources on hiring and managing contractors.
https://roseninstitute.com/podcast/outsourcing-projects/