whe a company does not have a large it department,it is fairly common for them to hire consulting firms to help them with the selection and procurement process. these firms do not build the system. to help the company find a software developer who can build the system that they want .the following company is an example of a firm which provides these kinds of consulting services.there are hundreds of these available for many general and specialized projects. information system planning and selection ,retrieved august 18,2007 from:http://www.edutech-int.com/s_info_system_planning_selection.html In addition to the firm above ,search the internet for another consulting services firm in Information technology. COMPARE and CONTRAST the services provided by these different firms. How do these services provide value to their clients "be specific" in the background materials,there are several links to websites or power presentation that provided a number of rules of thumb that can be used in information system selection. Do you think that the consulting firms use some of these rules of thumb in providing their services? Which ones? Why? (SEE FAXED PAGES)