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I am working with a User Experience/Information Architecture professional who is not a techie. We are at a point where we need to make some decisions that will be based on the specific programming technologies we are advised to use for this specific application build.

How would you suggest finding a consultant who can look at my project specifications and advise about the pros and cons of all options without any bias to one in particular? It is easy to find companies/individuals that specialize in building and using one or two options, but they tend to be biased and not real well versed in the other options available.

Please advise! Thanks, so much, in advance?

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Tough one. "When all I have is a hammer, everything looks like a nail" single solution type development houses are everywhere. Search out those groups that have wide experiences with different platforms (open source and commercial) and have them explain why they pick one environment over the other for particular projects.

Challenge is - you are asking in a startup group, so many of us don't have the luxury of engaging with a firm that has such a wide level of experience: our projects typically don't generate the revenue to support their attention.

Another option - engage with a experienced startup exec / serial entrepreneur to give you an opinion on the pros / cons of the different options. there are a lot of 'em here on this board.

Good luck!

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Nice answer - best way, if you can't pay for the big company with the answer, is to ask the small companies why they made the choice they made. Sooner or later you will have enough info to put all the pieces together as pertains to your own business. – Elie Feb 7 at 18:43
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Yep, startup groups might be a good place to go, since they help stratups find the "partners" they need to get stuff done.

Another option is to do some sort of RFP to some vendors that use different technologies and then compare what they ask for it. This definitely takes much more time and effort, but it might give you some good insights of what each technology needs in terms of base requirements for your project.

Hope this helps and good luck! Michel

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