S&C - Online Case Study - Topic A

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The Situation:
Imagine that you’re an analyst of Accenture Strategy & Consulting.
You and your team will kick off a new project soon!
At week 0, you are asked to develop initial hypothesis and conduct preliminary
analysis for project kick off preparation.

Your Project Challenge:

Project Client is a Chinese Internet giant with multiple business lines incl. gaming, social
media, E-commerce, and online APPs. Client has benefited from booming economic
growth over the past decade, while this year seems to be a turning point for client to

Challenge reconsider its survival and future direction throughout both macro trends and
industry dynamics.
Client asked Accenture to help:
• Synthesize the challenges client’s facing (consider multiple factors)
• Identify the potential opportunities
(e.g., market dynamics, internal optimisation, business innovation)
• Develop 3-year strategy for your client as potential solution
(consider each year’s target and actions accordingly)

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#1: #2: #3: #4:
Synthesize the Identify the potential Develop 3-year strategy Presentation to client
challenges client’s opportunities as potential solution
facing

What can be seen from Will these challenges What do you expect client Presentation is the key.
TIPS FROM macro trend and
industry development?
evolve? How can we turn
these challenges into
to achieve in 3 years? How
can you breakdown the
It’s not a report to show
what you did, it’s more like

YOUR How does these related


drivers or root causes
affect your client?
opportunities?

Think about
overall target and
following actions by year?
a story to tell client how
you think or how you
tackler their problems.
PROJECT Think about why client
– How competitors react
– How consumers change
Think about
– Client’s different Think about how to be

MANAGER ask consulting firm to


conduct this analysis,
– Other factors
(e.g., new technology
businesses
– Any capabilities client
more eye-catching, how to
be more interactive, and
the results need to be: emergence, cross- needs to build or how to be more inspiring
– Solid industry practice) improve during the session.
(with reliable sources) – What might be client’s – If there’s a need to
– Easy to read competitive advantage involve different depts. Don’t forget, format is just
(good visualization) or internal challenges collaborating together format. Content is always
– Insightful (e.g., Business Units, HR, the king.
(with quality To demonstrate multi- Brand & Marketing,
content/points) factor analysis, some Finance…)
diagrams with both
quantitative and qualitative
support can be easy to
read and convincing.

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