Managing Professional Service Delivery: 9 Rules for Success

Although the nature of service delivery varies significantly from profession to profession, the way the service is delivered tends to be fairly consistent among professions-or, at least, it should be. A step-by-step guide, Managing Professional Service Delivery-9 Rules for Success describes in detail how to achieve the internal discipline and contr

About the Author

BARRY MUNDT

Barry earned a bachelor of science degree in industrial engineering from Stanford University and a master of business administration degree from Santa Clara University. He began his professional career in the aerospace industry, first with Aerojet General Corp. and then with Lockheed Missiles and Space Company. He joined a consulting arm of C-E-I-R, Inc. (a large computer service firm) in 1961, which was headed by three of his former Stanford professors. Barry has been a consultant to private- and public-sector organizations since that time.

In 1965, Barry was asked to join the management consulting department of what was then known as Peat, Marwick, Mitchell & Co. (PMM), a global public accounting, tax advisory, and management consulting partnership. He was appointed partner in 1973. When Peat Marwick International merged with Klynveld Main Goerdeler in 1987 to form KPMG LLP, Barry assumed the role of international management consulting coordinating partner in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. Barry was assigned to the firm's Department of Professional Practice for the two years prior to his retirement. During that time, he took the lead in preparing KPMG's Performance Improvement Consulting Services Manual.

When Barry retired from KPMG in 1995, after thirty years of service, he set up his own management consulting practice, specializing in services to professional service firms. In that capacity, he has written KPMG's Global Management Consulting and Advisory Services Engagement Conduct Guides and participated in the preparation of Adjusters International's suite of Disaster Recovery Consulting Operational Guides, which includes an Engagement Conduct Guide.

Barry is a fellow, life member, and past president of the Institute of Industrial Engineers. He is a member of the board of directors of Adjusters International, Inc., a nationwide group of public insurance adjusters and disaster recovery consultants. FRANK SM