Setting up a SAS practice

[chuckdee4]

Hi guys and girls i just recently got involved in a company trying to start off a new SAS practice, based on your experiences what would you say the prerequisites are for establishing a basic SAS setup within an organisation.

[LinusH]

Since you give us to few details, it's hard to give any advice on this. If you are a consultancy, you may talk to someone on SAS partner program, are you a customer, contact your sales representative, or your Technical Account Manager if there exist one.

/Linus

[sbb]

Some relative points which may apply: Define your expertise area, develop specific solution packages which can directly benefit an industry, organization and/or enterprise. Attempt to distinguish your own practice from others, focusing on how yours can deliver superior solutions, service, and within a defined time-period and budget limit. For many contracts, you may be required to secure sufficient insurance coverage - a cost that will need to be considered when you develop your delivery rates / schedules.

Scott Barry
SBBWorks, Inc.

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[chuckdee4]

Many thanks Linus and sbb, i have taken all the points into consideration, i am currently putting a document together and might be back for more details but thanks for the info supplied so far