Accenture North America | Client Research and Problem Identification

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Complete work that simulates life on the job. 2-3 hours and self-paced.

Stand out in your application to Accenture North America. Show us you're a motivated candidate.

Get Career Ready

Complete work that simulates life on the job. 2-3 hours and self-paced.

Stand out in your application to Accenture North America. Show us you're a motivated candidate.

Why complete this job simulation

A risk-free way to experience work on the job with us at Accenture North America. Practice your skills with example tasks and build your confidence to ace your applications.

Self-paced2-3 hoursNo gradesNo assessmentsIntroductory

Accenture empowers you to be your best—personally and professionally. Every day around the world, we work with exceptional people, the latest and greatest tech and leading companies across industries.

Ever wonder how consulting companies start their work with a new client? What’s Next will walk you through “requirements gathering” and its significance to the world of consulting. You will learn the methodology of stakeholder interviews, developing project plans, and create process maps that help define individual needs, goals, and vision of the client and project at hand.

All Accenture North America Job Simulations give you a taste of how together, we can create meaningful, powerful change. Bring your skills, your curiosity and your best true self!

Skills you will learn and practice:

Presentation Skills

Work Planning

Client Management

Interview Techniques

Interview Development

Stakeholder Analysis

Data Visualization

Client Communication

Process Design

Knowledge Transfer

How it works

Introduction from Accenture North America

Tasks in this program

Task One: Requirements Gathering Project Plan

30-60 mins

Introductory

Develop a high level Requirements Gathering project plan for the project kickoff meeting with the client.

What you'll learn

You're working on a project for a large robotics company, Industrobots, who want to enter the mass consumer market
What the key elements of requirements gathering are
How effective requirements gathering helps to reduce the risk of project failure

What you'll do

Meet your supervisor Alex Girvin, a manager at Accenture in the Customer Experience team
Create a PowerPoint presentation providing an overview of your project and the engagement required from your client

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Over 1400

5 Star Reviews

"I have learned so much about project requirements gathering and process mapping, which is super cool."-- Student from Wits University

"I like the fact that we were tested on problems in real-life scenarios. It felt like I was with already a member of the Organization and hence needed to put in as much effort to provide the solutions needed."-- Student

"This program is an easy and interactive way to introduce job-seekers to the type of work done and the standards that are held at Accenture."-- Student from Tufts University

"Overall concept was awesome it helps me a lot to gain knowledge in that domain , helps in improving my skills ."-- Student from Rajiv Gandhi Proudyogiki Vishwavidyalaya

"It provides a real life work exposure which initiates me to reserach and collect information regarding the job"-- Student from My institution is not listed

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