IT consulting services are advising services that assist companies in evaluating various technology initiatives and aligning them with their business or process plans. These services provide strategic, architectural, operational, and implementation planning to assist customers’ IT initiatives. Advisory services that help clients assess their IT needs and build system implementation plans are part of strategic planning. Advisory services that combine strategic goals and knowledge of emerging technologies to develop the logical design of the system and supporting infrastructure to meet client needs are included in architecture planning. Services that examine the operational efficiency and capability of a client’s IT infrastructure are included in operational assessment/benchmarking. Services targeted at advising clients on the rollout and testing of new solution deployments are included in implementation planning.