The consultants from whom it was wrested are consulting companies. These are described in the article as "loath­some blue-suit op­er­a­tions whose core com­pe

The consultants from whom it was wrested are consulting companies. These are described in the article as "loath­some blue-suit op­er­a­tions whose core com­pe­ten­cies are win­ning public-sector bids then cash­ing in by charg­ing for ev­ery rip­ple com­ing out of those clas­sic wa­ter­fall pro­ject­s" "Th­ese com­pa­nies work their peo­ple in­sane­ly hard, and in my opin­ion, based on thir­ty years of ob­ser­va­tion, charge too much and de­liv­er too lit­tle. They are def­i­nite­ly Part Of The Prob­lem, and you should stay away" The consultants to whom it was handed to would be better described as an ad hoc, temporary startup