This is the #3 course in the specialization on management consulting. Management consultants excel at solving difficult and complex business problems. How do they do this? Shouldn鈥檛 clients know more about their situation than external consultants? Consultants are trained to systematically break down problems into logical pieces, then aggressively pursue answers with data: 鈥 Think about the problem broadly; strategy, operations, people, technology 鈥 Define the problem clearly; articulate 鈥渨hat does success look like?鈥 鈥 Break the problem into 鈥渂uckets鈥 so it is easy to understand 鈥 Use hypotheses to 鈥済uess鈥 your way to the potential answer(s) 鈥 Find and clean up messy data; convert the data into useful recommendations