Great for strategy, but sometimes the 'handoff' to the implementation team can be rocky. We had a brilliant roadmap presented to us, but the actual developers who showed up to code it seemed like they were reading the plan for the first time.

Accenture is basically the army of the consulting world. If you have a problem that requires 500 people to show up on Monday morning and rebuild your entire tech stack, they are the ones you call. They're everywhere, and they usually have a pre-built solution for whatever industry you're in.

They really helped us navigate the AI hype. Instead of just selling us a chatbot, they built a custom data pipeline that actually solved our inventory issues. Professional, sharp, and they always show up in suits (even on Zoom).

The giant that can do everything. You pay a premium, but they have a specialist for literally every niche on earth.

The bureaucracy is a nightmare. To get a simple tool approved for our project took three weeks of 'risk assessment' meetings. Sometimes the internal rules feel like they're designed to slow you down rather than help you.