Seriously, since when is Accenture considered Prestigious? It's not even a top c...

notirk · on June 9, 2011

Big 3 of consulting: McKinsey, BCG, Bain - These are all strategy only.

Accenture was the consulting arm of Arther Anderson which was one of the Big 5 of accounting (Enron brought them down.)

Accenture is known for implementation/technology/strategy. Along with Deliotte, CapGemini, Booz, etc. These firms differentiate themselves with implementation from the Big 3 that are strategy only.

lurker17 · on June 10, 2011

Accenture is more known for bungling giant contracts and sucking money out of nearly-bankrupt organizations.

coreyo · on June 9, 2011

Management consulting is very different than technology consulting. Accenture, IBM, Deloitte, CapGemini: these are the kind of firms that compete against each other for enterprise tech projects.