How Schools Work With Us
Start with what your institution needs.
Support That Fits the Moment
Flexible Support for the Right Fit
Every institution is different. Some need help solving a specific challenge. Others want a trusted partner who can stay alongside the team through a larger phase of work.
FOCUSED ENGAGEMENTS
FIXED-FEE PROJECTS
Clearly defined engagements with predictable scope and pricing.
STRATEGIC ADVISORY
Expert guidance for a specific decision, challenge, or initiative.
TEMPORARY CAPACITY SUPPORT
Extra hands when your internal team needs additional expertise.
SPECIALIZED EXPERTISE
Focused support in areas such as reporting, governance, documentation, training, UX, dashboards, change, or data.
ONGOING PARTNERSHIPS
PAY-AS-YOU-GO ADVISORY
Flexible access to experienced guidance as questions arise.
SHI COOPERATIVE PURCHASING
Engage Legato through SHI when it aligns with your institution’s procurement process.
INSTITUTION-SIDE PARTNERSHIP
Ongoing support across modernization, implementation, adoption, or continuous improvement.
Many institutions choose to start with a small project before expanding the relationship. We welcome that approach. It gives both teams a chance to work together, build confidence, and decide what makes sense next.
A Clear Place to Start
For institutions with a defined need, fixed-fee offerings provide a straightforward way to work with Legato with clear scope, pricing, and expectations.
Getting Started Is Simple
DISCOVERY CONVERSATION
Tell us what is happening, what you are trying to accomplish, and where another perspective might help.
WE RECOMMEND AN APPROACH
When schools want a clear view of what they should be doing now to set themselves up for success.
SCOPE AND
PRICING
We define the work, expectations, timing, and cost so everyone knows what to expect.
WE GET TO
WORK
Once we are aligned, we begin.
You do not need to know exactly what kind of engagement you need before reaching out. Bring us the situation. We will help you think through the rest.
Sometimes the smartest first engagement is intentionally small. A focused project can solve an immediate need while giving both teams the opportunity to see how well we work together.
The Legato Difference
We work from your side of the table.
Implementation partners have an important job: build and deliver the system. Legato focuses on the institution using it.
We help connect system decisions to campus operations, strengthen the people carrying the work, and keep the institution’s long-term needs in view.
We work alongside implementation partners, not in place of them.
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What You Can Expect from Us
We start with your reality.
We learn how your institution works before recommending what should change.
We tell you what we see.
If something is not working—or you do not need us for it—we will say so.
We work alongside your team.
We can advise, execute, coach, or fill a temporary gap depending on what the moment requires.
We build capability as we work.
Knowledge stays with your institution via coaching, documentation, and shared problem-solving.
“It’s always been in an era of respect and with the best interests of the school in mind. That’s rare in an implementation—that you get to work with someone who genuinely just wants you to succeed.”
Stacy Pennington
Director of Infrastructure and Enterprise Applications, Rhodes College
What's on your plate?
You do not need a finished scope of work before reaching out. Tell us what is on your plate and we will help you think through what kind of support might make sense.
Sometimes that leads to a project. Sometimes it starts with a smaller piece of work. Either way, the first step is simply a conversation.
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