AM1 LLC

	For Questions & Inquiries E-mail is the best way to reach me and it guarantees that I have the information that I need to follow up with you. Portions of my work are defense-related and I am frequently in locations where my cell phone is not available.
Postal Address: 3830 Valley Center Dr. Suite 705-574 San Diego, CA 92130-3307

Consulting Inquiries
Successful consulting projects begin with good up-front planning. It is imperative that my customer and I have the same expectations going into the project; otherwise one party (usually both) can come away less than satisfied. The top three areas where alignment is crucial are generally

---Cost
---Calendar Schedule
---Technical Expectations

The nature of these three items depends signficantly on the stage at which my involvement begins with the project. Many companies, for example, operate as if the last days of the project schedule are the most important. I think that we can all agree that these "last days" are the most expensive because the greatest number of people are usually involved toward the end of a project. I personally believe that the most valuable days of a project are at its beginning because burn-rates are lower, management visibility is more forgiving, and most importantly, there is more time available to recover from any would-be mis-steps. Consequently, I attempt to keep any project panic toward the beginning of a project where it really does the most good. I look on the first days of any project as fine gold.

These three items are best captured in a detailed set of deliverables that my customer and I agree on. If the list of deliverables is unknown or defined poorly, then my customer and I must take a step backward and do a study-phase with the sole purpose of coming up with these detailed deliverables.

Most of the projects that I get involved with are fairly large, and they involve working directly with my customer's staff. Under these circumstances, I usually work at a straight hourly rate.

Every project is different. The fastest way to see if my consulting practice matches your needs is to have a phone conversation. Consider this an open invitation to have that conversation.

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