I'm a prospective applicant for Accenture Strategy's ASCDP program; is this a true "strategy" role? Or is it just tech implementation work disguised as strategy?

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Tech Implementation in disguise
Stay away as you will be sold a bag of promises that won’t materialize.
There are some strategy projects but rarely go to new hires and few and far in between

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Yes even for the ASCDP Program. I’m a part of it. Lots of implementation and little strategy work. The program is also ass and has no development in it. Might as well not even have this program

Depends on your definition of strategy. I don’t think you’ll be implementing Salesforce…

That said, save for a very small percentage of projects (e.g., acquisition due diligence) - most consulting is just project management. This is the same.

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Project management is fine. Just would not prefer to be overseeing a bunch of coders/programmers on things.

Yes this is a true strategy role, yes some will get unlucky to be staffed on transformation roles as with any big consulting firm (big 4 or MBB). It’s a good experience.

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Sure 👍

It was true strategy till Julie

Now not so much

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The “program” isn’t really a program. Training is basically non existent but pay is still competitive imo. I have done primarily upfront strategic assessments and passed off to non strategy teams for the actual implementation. While I have worked with tech architects / data people directly there has not been an expectation of being a tech expert. If you can translate / communicate between a technical and executive audience that’s all you really need.

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Who cares as Iong as you’re getting paid.

It’ll be fine and funded lol

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